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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Government of Fiji |
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| Year | 1934-1935 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in multicolour guilloche work of gold, blue, and green on white paper, with a symmetrical ornamental design of interlocking lathe-work panels extending across the full width of the note. The inscription 'GOVERNMENT OF FIJI' appears at the centre within an oval guilloche frame, and a large plain circular panel to the right corresponds to the watermark zone visible from the obverse. |
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| Signature(s) | 1934 - A.A. Wright and J. Cagi and Commissioner of Currency 1935 - A.A. Wright and J. Cagi and Commissioner of Currency |
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Fiji's Currency Board was established in 1914, but high-denomination notes like this 5 Pounds were primarily instruments of intercolonial trade and government settlement rather than everyday commerce — ordinary Fijians rarely handled paper currency of this value. Bradbury Wilkinson produced the plates, as they did for a large portion of British colonial Pacific issues in this period.
The three-signature format, requiring both local signatories and the Commissioner of Currency, reflects the Board's accountability structure under Crown oversight. A.A. Wright served as a consistent signatory across both years of this issue, suggesting continuity through what was otherwise a turbulent period for commodity-dependent colonial economies in the mid-1930s depression years.