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Well I found this British George VI 1937 penny minted in FIJI, that's if I'm correct and not wrong on the mint location, it was in my old stash of unwanted coins that I have, Just wanted to post it up here for any Info, If there's any info on the Fiji pennies pleas post to the thread. Image:  DSC08466.jpg37.8 KB Image: DSC08467.jpg31.32 KB ...Moved to World Coin Forum because its not a British Coin by Bryan1315... |
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Hi there chrycopaul, it is a good looking coin, But the only problem is, there is no info on it, the only info I can find online about this one is on (Wikipedia) and it doesn't obtain enough information on British Fiji coin's of George VI 1937. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_...Fijian_poundEdited by Silver Gorilla
01/15/2008 8:09 pm
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G'day, I'd have a look at Krause for mint details, etc.
KG6 ascended the throne on 11 Dec 1936, so your penny is the first of his reign.
In 1936, Fiji had two types of penny: KG5, and Edward 8th.
Peter in Oz
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The coin is KM# 7, issued 1937, 1940, 1941 and 1945. KM# 7a is a wartime brass variant, 1942 and 1943. Check the WCG Fiji coins page. This website, run by forum member tokensa1, shows a complete Dansco album of predecimal Fijian coins. Zoom in on the pics to see the mintages for each year. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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...minted in FIJI, that's if I'm correct and not wrong on the mint location...
No, Fiji has never had it's own mint. These were struck in London, I believe. Some of the wartime coins were struck in San Francisco, with the standard S mintmarks. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Thanks for DA info Sap, and Peter THOMAS
So there's only 360,000 penny Fiji coins minted in 1937 OK so far so good.
Peter I don't have my Krause, It looks like ill have to buy a new one
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01/16/2008 8:32 pm
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OK so where are the coins now are they melted or something, One other thing who in the world would of thought that the United States Minted coins for Britain in 1937 for Fiji WOW. So what on earth happened to them do they still circulate until now or are they like the 1931s American penny that never circulated to the public.
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01/15/2008 9:13 pm
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...do they still circulate until now...
No. When this coin was issued, Fiji was using the old British-style predecimal currency system, 12 pence to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound. Fiji "went decimal" in 1969, with 100 cents to a dollar and 2 of the new dollars equal to one old pound (Australia and New Zealand used the same conversion system when they went decimal, in 1966 and 1967 respectively). That left the old penny worth 1/120th of a dollar, or 5/6ths of a cent - not an entirely convenient denomination!  They were officially withdrawn, and presumably sent back to the mint in London for recycling. Many, however, would have been souvenired by US troops based in Fiji during WWII. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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 Do you know what this means, this means that this old penny is Rare or could be a very rare Penny  Thank ya Sap Edited by Silver Gorilla
01/15/2008 11:24 pm
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They may be "rare", in the sense of "not too many around these days", but Fiji coins are an excellent case of the old axiom, "Just because it's rare doesn't mean it's valuable". Even the rarest Fiji penny, the 1950 (mintage 58,000) isn't particularly pricey - only $75 in Unc, according to my Krause. The 1937 catalogues at $7.50 in Unc.
Why so cheap? Supply and demand, or rather, lack of demand. There just aren't enough people wanting to collect full date sets of Fijian coins.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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They were officially withdrawn, and presumably sent back to the mint in London for recycling
But just how many are still circulating, would they be in the hundreds or thousands. ? |
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Circulating? None. The modern decimal Fijian coins look nothing like that. None of them have holes, for starters. All the survivors are found only in hoards and collections.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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it was in my old stash of unwanted coins that I have
what else ya got that ya don't want? |
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what else ya got that ya don't want?
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