The 2013 coin does not have the queen on the back and instead the Fiji Coat of Arms!! check it out!! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvbBpDahh6U[/youtube]
That's a very nice coin. Lucky for me I'll be going down to toronto in a few months. Did you also get the new 2013 silver coin? Really nice reverse side.
What no one has mentioned, esp the pro-republicans, is that removing the Queen is hugely unpopular amongst Fijian citizens. They want the Queen to remain on their money for historical and cultural reasons. There was no referendum or even a debate on this issue. It was simply a unilateral decision by the self-appointed military dictator Bananarama.
For awhile there I really thought his name was indeed bananarama. Close enough though! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...m-decision-to-remove-Queen-from-currency.html
