2 Shillings

Fiji's wartime fractional currency was authorized under emergency powers after Japanese advances in the Pacific made normal banking operations precarious and coin shortages acute. The 2 Shillings note is part of a small series of low-denomination government issues that replaced coinage temporarily — a stopgap measure that few expected to last as long as it did.

The pinkish paper with overprinted lettering was a deliberate security choice given the limited printing resources available in the colony at the time. These notes circulated hard and survivors in decent condition are genuinely uncommon.