Fiji 1953 6 pence

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1466

This specimen was lot 1466 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FIJI: Elizabeth II, 1952-2022, 6 pence, 1953, a wonderful superb example, PCGS graded MS65." This is the introductory year of a type struck intermittently 1953-67. All dates are common altho the proofs are rare. The turtle reverse first appeared in 1934. Fiji converted to decimal coinage in the late sixties and the sixpence became obsolete.

Recorded mintage: 800,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 2.82 g, copper-nickel, 19.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-19.

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, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1942-S sixpence
• 1952 half penny
• Australia 1953 6 pence
• Great Britain 1953 6 pence
• New Zealand 1953 6 pence
• South Africa 1953 6 pence
• 1954 half penny
• Coins and currency dated 1953