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6 Pence - George VI
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 1942-1943 |
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| Value | 6 Pence (1⁄40) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a sea turtle (hawksbill turtle) shown in plan view, occupying the central field of the coin. The circular legend FIJI SIXPENCE frames the design, with the date divided on either side of the turtle and the San Francisco Mint mark S positioned below the date numerals. The overall composition is clean and uncluttered, enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Fiji's wartime silver sixpences exist because the Pacific theater made normal supply chains impossible. With Japanese forces advancing through the region in 1942, maintaining a functioning colonial currency in Fiji became a logistical priority — the islands served as a major Allied staging point, and American forces flooded in following Pearl Harbor, putting pressure on local coinage supplies that peacetime mintage figures had never anticipated.
KM#11a distinguishes this issue from the standard KM#11 by its .900 fine silver content, a wartime adjustment tied to metal allocation decisions across British colonial mints.