Didn't seem to cost much when I bought it, but have heard it was relatively rare in coin terms... a Fijian 6 pence, 1942-S (minted in San Francisco). Mintage was only about 400,000 from what I understand, but not sure if demand on this is high enough for the rarity to give it much value. Anyone know what this goes for these days? When I have access to a scanner will post pics so you can try to grade it.
400,000 mintage for a small country like Fiji would be like Billions in the USA. Couple that with low demand for these coins and you can equate that it is not rare, but rather common considering the factors.
Krause lists it from $1 VF to $8.50 BU. Did you get it on EBay? On EBay "Rare" means the seller has less than a dozen on hand.
Purchased it nearly 20 years ago at a small coin shop in Newtown, PA. As I recall I paid about $3 for it then. Found it interesting partly because of the turtle on the reverse, fact it was a foreign coin minted in the US (as the San Francisco mint did for a few countries at the time), and still had George VI on it with his imperial crown. I still think it's a neat looking coin, even if not particularly valuable. Guess "rarity" is quite relative, lol... there were more 1909 S VDB Lincoln cents minted than of this. In the condition it's in I'd guess it would be worth now about the same I paid then, meaning that at least the value has kept pace with inflation. Went to Fiji in person in 1998 and their coinage is pretty similar still; with the British monarch on the front (Fiji has been essentially independant since 1970, but still is considered part of the Commonwealth) and some element of Fijian life on the back. When they became indpendant they switched to the Fijian dollar as their currency, it was exchanging for about 2 to the US dollar when I was there.
