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25 Dollars
| Issuer | Government of Fiji (Treasury) |
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| Year | 1872-1873 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | N.B. THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER AND PAYABLE AT THE TREASURY CR TREASURY NOTE LEKUVA The Bearer of this is entitled to receive from The Treasury, Lekuva TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS. TWENTY FIVE S. T. Leigh & Co Sydney |
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| Signature(s) | Smith Clarkson Woods |
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One of the earliest paper currency issues from Fiji, arriving just two years after Cakobau's confederate government established the short-lived Kingdom of Fiji. The Treasury had no printing infrastructure of its own, so S. T. Leigh & Co. of Sydney — primarily a commercial stationer and jobbing printer — supplied the notes. It was not a security printing house in any modern sense, and the resulting issues are correspondingly crude by contemporary colonial banking standards.
Three manuscript signatures were required per note: Smith, Clarkson, and Woods. That requirement reflects a deliberate control mechanism given the absence of any mechanical authentication. Signed examples with all three present and legible are the only properly issued ones.