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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Fiji |
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| Year | 1957-1965 |
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| Reference(s) | P#52 |
| Obverse description | Red-brown note with the Fijian coat of arms and two standing figures as a central vignette at upper left, surrounded by fine guilloche underprint and radiating lathe-work patterns. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in right-facing three-quarter view occupies an intaglio-printed oval vignette at the right. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large figures at both left and right margins, with the issuer legend 'GOVERNMENT OF FIJI' in bold letterpress across the centre, and the value 'TEN SHILLINGS' below, above the printed date and two manuscript signatures for the Commissioners of Currency. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark or native canoe watermark visible in the light area at left of the obverse. |
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Fiji's currency at this period was administered through the Currency Board system — a colonial arrangement that meant the island government had no independent monetary policy whatsoever. The Board's composition is visible in the three-signature requirement on every note: a Financial Secretary, a member from the Board, and an auditor-type control signature, all of whom changed over the eight-year run of this type.
Bradbury Wilkinson held most British colonial note contracts through the 1950s and 1960s, and Pick 52 is a straightforward example of that output — competent intaglio work from New Malden. The series was eventually retired when Fiji decimalized in 1969, replacing shilling denominations with cents.