Fiji 1936 penny KM-6

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3866

This specimen was lot 3866 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $59.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FIJI: Republic, penny, 1936, one-year type of Edward VIII, bright luster, a superb example! NGC graded MS66." The type became one year only when the king abdicated in December 1936. Readily available and affordable, it remains a popular souvenir of that brief reign. Pennies were also struck for George V in 1936 and are actually scarcer (KM 2). Fiji converted to decimal coinage in 1969.

Recorded mintage: 120,000.

Specification: copper-nickel, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-6

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• New Guinea 1936 penny
• Australia 1936 penny
• Great Britain 1936 penny
• South Africa 1936 penny
• 1936 shilling
• 1942-S penny
• Coins and currency dated 1936