1 Penny

Fiji's wartime penny notes were a direct response to a coin shortage created by the Pacific theater — metal was being diverted, and small change simply disappeared from circulation. The Government of Fiji issued these fractional notes in 1942 under emergency authority, a stopgap measure that was unusual even by wartime standards, as penny-denomination paper was rare in any British territory.

The small format caused handling problems almost immediately; notes this size wore out quickly in tropical conditions and were frequently lost or damaged. Survivors in any decent state are harder to find than the catalog frequency might suggest.