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20 Pounds
| Uitgever | Government of Fiji |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1914-1928 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | 20 Pounds |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in red on white cotton paper, the note carries an ornate guilloche border with rosette corner decorations. The Fijian colonial coat of arms appears as a central vignette above the promise-to-pay legend, flanked by the denomination "£20" on either side, with "TWENTY POUNDS" set in bold letterpress within a central panel. The serial number appears twice in the upper portion, with the date line reading "1st April 1914" at lower left and two manuscript signatures alongside the printed legend "FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF FIJI" at lower right. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Watermark |
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| Opmerkingen |
Fiji's Government Note issue — not a central bank series, but notes issued directly by the colonial administration — reflects the territory's unusual monetary position in the early twentieth century. The British pound was legal tender, but shipping hard currency to a remote Pacific colony was costly and unreliable, making locally issued government paper a practical necessity rather than a monetary experiment.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement guarantees a high standard of intaglio work, though at the twenty-pound level, circulation was almost certainly confined to inter-merchant and government transactions. A laborer in 1920s Fiji would never handle one. Surviving examples are rare precisely because so few were printed and fewer still left active commercial hands.