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1/2 Penny - George VI
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 1942-1943 |
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| Weight | 3.24 g |
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| Reverse description | The denomination HALFPENNY is inscribed in a bold arc across the upper portion of the field, curving around the central circular hole. The four-digit date is split by the hole, with the first two numerals to the lower left and the last two to the lower right. The issuer name FIJI appears in large capitals at the bottom of the field. A raised ring surrounds the hole, and a dentilated border encircles the entire reverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | HALFPENNY 19 42 FIJI |
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Fiji's wartime coinage shift from bronze to brass was a direct consequence of copper supply pressures across Allied Pacific territories in 1942. The reformulation was practical rather than symbolic — copper was a strategic war material, and the colonial administration in Suva had little leverage over allocation priorities set in London and Washington.
KM#14a is the brass variant of a type that had been struck in bronze since 1934. The two-year window of this alloy makes it the scarcer subtype, though it sees less collector attention than it deserves.