5 Shillings

Fiji retained the pound sterling system well into the postwar decades, and this note circulated through a colonial economy still largely dependent on sugar revenue and indentured-labor demographics that shaped Fijian politics long after formal indenture ended in 1920. The five-shilling denomination sat awkwardly between small change and meaningful purchasing power — useful enough to circulate hard, which is why worn examples dominate the market.

Five signature combinations across eight years reflects genuine administrative turnover in the Currency Board rather than reissue events. Griffiths appears across all five dates, anchoring the series as the one constant signatory through the full run to independence-era monetary reform.