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The Gilbert and Ellice Islands became Kiribati and Tuvalu

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John Donald also designed the gold $50 collector coin of 1976.

It depicts a traditional meeting house.

A similar type appears on the Tuvaluan coat of arms.
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Tuvalu issued a final set of regular circulation coins in 1994, whose obverse carried the Raphael Maklouf effigy of the Queen. Since then, Tuvalu has stopped issuing its own circulation coins. However, they are still legal tender and still circulate in small numbers alongside Australian coinage. Tuvalu has never issued its own banknotes.
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The flag of Kiribati.


The Gilbert Islands attained independence on 12 July 1979 under the name Kiribati, as a republic with Commonwealth membership.

The flag of Kiribati is red in the upper half with a gold frigate bird (Fregata minor) flying over a gold rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the three groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island).

The frigate bird symbolises command of the sea, power, freedom and Kiribati cultural dance patterns, while the blue and white wavy bands represent the Pacific Ocean, which surrounds Kiribati, and the sun refers to Kiribati's position astride the Equator.

The permanent population of Kiribati is just over 110,000 (2015), more than half of whom live on Tarawa Atoll. The nation comprises 32 atolls and reef islands and one raised coral island, Banaba. They have a total land area of 800 square kilometres (310 sq mi) and are dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres (1.3 million square miles). Their spread straddles both the equator and the 180th meridian, although the International Date Line goes round Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching the 150°W meridian.
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INTRODUCTION OF THE COINAGE OF KIRIBATI

Kiribati's first coins were introduced in 1979 following independence and were directly pegged to the Australian dollar. The coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents, and 1 dollar.

Except for the 50 cents and 1 dollar pieces, all of these coins were the same size, weight, and composition as the corresponding Australian coins, with the 1 and 2 cents pieces composed of bronze and the 5, 10, 20, 50 cents pieces, and $1 being composed of copper-nickel.

The coins were produced by the Royal Mint, and the coin designs were the work of the British numismatic artist Michael Hibbit.
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The 1 cent coin featured a frigate bird.

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The 2 cent coins featured Cyrtosperma merkusii, known as giant swamp taro.

 
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The 5 cents coin featured a Tokai lizard.
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The 10 cents coin featured a breadfruit plant.

 
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The 20 cents coin featured bottle-nosed porpoises.
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The 50 cents coin featured a Pandanus fruit.
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A pandanus fruit.
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The twelve-sided 1 dollar coin.


The reverse design featured a native outrigger canoe.
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Kiirbati $1 1979.jpg

The coat of arms appeared on the obverse of every coin.
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END OF THE KIRIBATI COINAGE

Kiribati has stopped issuing its own circulation coins.

However, they are still legal tender.

They still circulate in small numbers alongside Australian coinage.

Kiribati has never issued its own banknotes.


See also:  The Official Currencies and Coinages of Oceania.
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Visit the website of The Royal Mint Museum.

See: The Royal Mint Museum.