20 Pounds

Twenty pounds was serious money in colonial Fiji — equivalent to several months' wages for most islanders — and notes of this denomination saw little everyday handling. The series ran across a turbulent stretch: the 1937 dates precede the Pacific war by four years, while the 1943 issue was produced under conditions of acute regional instability, with Japanese forces operating within range of Fijian waters and the islands functioning as a major Allied staging point.

Bradbury Wilkinson printed from their New Malden works, where the firm had been producing colonial currency for decades. The three-signature format — combining the Currency Board's secretary, accountant, and governor — was specific to Fiji's board structure and means that matching all three names correctly to a given date is essential for proper attribution.

Only five distinct signature combinations across fourteen years of issue.