Coloured commemorative coin to be issued for Fiji 7s Gold Medal win

The Reserve Bank of Fiji has today announced that a coloured commemorative circulation coin will be issued in early 2017 to commemorate the Fiji Rugby 7s team’s magnificent Gold Medal win at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

RBF Governor Barry Whiteside says that the RBF Board of Directors had, at its July 2016 meeting, approved the minting of a coloured commemorative circulation coin in limited quantities should Fiji win a gold medal at the Rio Olympics. 

This will be the first coloured commemorative circulation coin for Fiji.

The design work is currently being finalised. 

Together with the production time, which is dependent on availability of a slot with the mint, actual completion of the coin could take around six months. 

Whiteside says that only a limited quantity of this coloured commemorative circulation coin will be minted, which means that it would fast become a collector's item for the general public.