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1/2 Penny - George VI
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 1940-1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A large central circular hole dominates the field, surrounded by a fine toothed border on both the inner and outer rims. A Tudor-style imperial crown is positioned at the top of the coin, immediately above the central hole. The circular legend GEORGE·VI·KING·EMPEROR runs around the periphery in incuse Latin lettering, reading clockwise from the upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGE·VI·KING·EMPEROR |
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Fiji's wartime halfpenny issues of 1940–41 were produced under conditions shaped directly by the Pacific theatre. With Japanese expansion threatening supply lines, the Colonial authorities prioritized maintaining small-denomination circulation despite metal shortages affecting mints across the British Empire. The copper-nickel composition here distinguishes these pieces from the bronze halfpennies common elsewhere in the colonial series.
KM#14 was struck at the Royal Mint, London. The 1941 date is considerably harder to locate than 1940.