2012 Flora & Fauna Series $1 coin

Diameter: 23.00mm| Weight: 5.05g | Thickness: 1.80mm | Shape: Round | Edge Type: Milled

The front design features a Vokai (Banded Iguana), found on many islands of the Lau group. Banded iguanas are extremely well camouflaged and cryptic in nature and so are very rarely seen. They are at risk to predation by rats and feral cats on most islands and the mongoose causes the extirpation of iguanas wherever it is present. Recent genetic work on Fiji’s three species of iguana show that each island population differs genetically and so all need to be conserved as distinctive populations.

The back design features a Saqāmoli (drinking vessel).