Catalog
6 Pence - George VI
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed and crowned effigy of King George VI facing left, modelled by Percy Metcalfe, whose initials PM appear below the truncation. The legend GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR is arranged around the periphery in raised Latin capitals, divided by the portrait. A fine dentilated border frames the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR |
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The 1937 Fiji sixpence was part of the inaugural coinage issued under George VI following his accession after Edward VIII's abdication — meaning Fiji's first coinage bearing the new king's effigy appeared within the same year as the constitutional crisis that necessitated it. The Royal Mint moved quickly to update colonial issues across the Empire. Fiji's small-denomination silver coins from this period saw genuine circulation across the islands, where British-administered commerce depended on fractional coinage for everyday transactions in an economy still heavily tied to the sugar trade.