Any Information On These New Zealand Notes?

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wavy New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 2:55 pm I recently came across a box of foreign coins and paper money. Two of the paper notes interest me. Any ideas about these, or any value? BTW the pics are for reference, my camera isn't working. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 3:12 pm to CCF. Give it a bit and a member with that knowledge will chime in. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
lettow Pillar of the Community United States 742 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 3:51 pm The Fiji overprint on Reserve Bank of New Zealand was an emergency issue for WWII. They are moderately scarce. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188660 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 4:28 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
wavy New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 5:34 pm Thanks ya'll. Gotta lotta learnin' to do! Report this Post to the Staff
paxbrit Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 7:45 pm That's a fairly scarce note, and also a reason why the base 1934 issue is fairly scarce, lots of them were overprinted. Go to Realbanknotes.com and register there, you can browse the Image Gallery for Fiji and peruse the values of these notes online. Fiji was a major strategic port for the Americans in early WWII, and we wasted no time in occupying Fiji or New Caledonia. Thousands of soldiers and sailors needed currency, so the New Zealand vaults were raided and overprinted for the emergency. There were also smaller notes of One Penny and One or Two Shillings, as well, due to coins also being in short supply. Fiji obtained some shipments of regular currency in late 1942 and this solved the problem for the remainder of the war. The regular printings of colonial notes from Fiji are popular, and somewhat common, due to the quantities issued and numbers of souvenirs coming home with the US personnel. Edited by paxbrit 11/21/2017 7:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
wavy New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 8:43 pm That is really cool, my grandpa was stationed in the south pacific at the time. Was going through some old boxes getting ready for a move and stumbled across a pretty large amount of coins/paper. Thanks ya'll! Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12839 Posts	Posted 11/25/2017 11:14 pm Cool note, wavy! Report this Post to the Staff
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