Catalog
5 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Fiji |
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| Year | 1920-1933 |
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| Currency | Pound (1873-1969) |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF FIJI Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of FIVE SHILLINGS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF FIJI COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY |
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| Signature(s) | 01.01.1920 - Rankine / Brabant / Marks 01.08.1920 - Fell / Brabant / Marks 01.09.1920 - Fell / Brabant / Marks 10.11.1924 - Stewart / Rushton / Marks 05.12.1925 - Stewart / Rushton / Marks 01.01.1926 - Stewart / Rushton / Marks 01.12.1926 - Stewart / Rushton / Marks 04.02.1928 - McOwan / Harcourt / Marks 01.07.1929 - Rushton / Harcourt / Marks 14.07.1932 - Seymour / Craig / Boyd 23.09.1932 - Seymour / Craig / Boyd 31.10.1932 - Seymour / Craig / Boyd 09.11.1933 - Seymour / Chamberlain / Boyd |
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| Comments |
Pick 25 spans thirteen years and an unusually large rotation of signatories — eleven distinct names across a single design run, reflecting rapid administrative turnover in the colonial treasury. The three-signature format was standard practice for Fiji's government notes of this period, with the combination of financial and administrative officials providing layered authorization rather than a single ministerial sanction.
De La Rue held the contract throughout without interruption, meaning all date variants share identical plate work. Early 1920 dates with the Rankine signature combination are the scarcest, issued in the first weeks of the series before Fell replaced Rankine mid-year.