Elephants have appeared on coins since the time of Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire. During World War II the Belgian Congo issued two elephant coins, a brass hexagonal 2 Francs coin as well as a 50 Francs silver coin. Since then multiple countries have authorized the issuance of legal tender elephant coins. Among them are Zambia and the Somali Republic, both of which have authorized the issuance of a series of elephant coins on an annual basis. South Africa has issued elephant coins as part of their Big Five series and several Southeast Asia countries have used the pachyderms on circulating coinage as well as paper money.
Fiji – Great Animals of the World – $1 – 2009 – (8) Gold-plated Legal Tender Colored Crowns – Silver – This spectacular set of wildlife legal tender One Dollar coins was authorized by the government of Fiji. Named the Great Animals of the World, it consists of eight colored crowns, gold plated with 24 carat gold and each bearing the reverse image of one of the following animals: Tiger, Giant Panda, Cheetah, Koi Carp, Zebra, Elephant, Giraffe and Leopard. Each coin comes in a hard plastic capsule as issued by the mint.
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