The Republic of Kiribati has issued coins since 1979 for general circulation — the first year of its independence from Great Britain. In addition to the denominations of coins meant for use by its own citizens, Kiribati has also issued quite a few special commemorative coins, including many in silver or gold, for collectors abroad.
Kiribati uses a unit called the Kiribati dollar, divided into 100 cents, but in fact this currency is pegged to the Australian dollar and so is basically the same as AUS$. This fact doesn’t hurt the collectibles market though; there are many interesting Kiribati coins available, including several oddly-shaped pieces that are designed to look like half of a “torn” coin — Samoa (a.k.a. Western Samoa) minted the other half of these pieces, and the two can be joined together to make a finished “coin”.
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Denominations of Kiribati coins
Cent coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50
Dollar coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200, 500
The higher denominations of Kiribati coins are generally gold proofs, and are the subject of much attention from gold investors as well as regular coin collectors.
