Fiji Celebrates Rugby Triumph at Olympics

The Reserve Bank of Fiji has issued a commemorative $7 banknote to celebrate the achievements of its Rugby 7s teams at the Tokyo Olympics, where the men’s and women’s teams picked up a gold and a bronze medal respectively.

Rugby is something of a national passion in Fiji, and a commemorative note was also issued in 2017 to celebrate the triumph of the team at the Rio Olympics in 2016, where the Pacific island nation picked up its first ever medal.

The $7 banknote pictures the national sevens men’s team in gold on the reverse, and the Fijiana sevens team in bronze on the front.

This latest note has been produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire. The substrate has been coated with the anti-viral and anti-bacterial Bioguard™ Varnish. It features a Combifluo™ security thread and an Avalon™ fluorescent security feature with reverse colour change.