1 Penny - Edward VIII

Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 before any coins bearing his effigy entered circulation in most British territories. Fiji's penny for that year was struck under his nominal authority but the abdication crisis meant production and distribution timelines were disrupted across the colonial system. Coins dated 1936 from this transitional period occupy an unusual legal and administrative position — authorised under one monarch, circulated under another.

KM#6 was part of Fiji's shift to copper-nickel coinage, a change driven by metal economics rather than any local policy decision.