View source for Fiji 1936 penny KM-6

[[Image:Fiji SA38-3866o.jpg|300px|thumb|Steve Album sale 38, lot 3866]]
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This specimen was lot 3866 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $59.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Fiji Islands|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

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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]]
* [[Fiji 1936 shilling|1936 shilling]]
* [[Fiji 1942-S penny|1942-S penny]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1936]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 38]]