New Guinea Mark

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20 New Guinea Mark of the New Guinea Company (gold, 1895)

The New Guinea mark was an official currency in the German colony of German New Guinea from 1894 to 1911 .

In 1887 the Goldmark was officially introduced in German New Guinea . After lengthy negotiations, in 1894 the New Guinea Company was given permission to mint its own coins. From then on, these New Guinea coins were permitted means of payment with the same value alongside the imperial coins. When the administration of the colony in New Guinea was taken over by the German Empire on April 1, 1899 , it was decided not to produce any more New Guinea coins. On April 15, 1911 , these coins were finally suspended.

In addition to German New Guinea, the colonies of German East Africa and Kiautschou were also allowed to mint their own coins.

Coins

The mint of the coins was Berlin .

value front back material Weight diameter Edition
1 pfennig NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE over two crossed palm branches Value in a pearl circle , with the inscription EIN NEU-GUINEA PFENNIG A 95%  copper
4% tin
1% zinc 		2 g 17.5 mm 500,000
2 pfennigs NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE over two crossed palm branches Value in a pearl circle with the inscription ZWEI NEU-GUINEA PFENNIG A 95% copper
4% tin
1% zinc 		3.33 g 20 mm 250,000
10 pfennigs Bird of paradise Indication of value and year between palm branches, above NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE , mint mark A below 95% copper
4% tin
1% zinc 		10 g 30 mm 100,000
½ mark Bird of paradise Indication of value and year between palm branches, above NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE , mint mark A below 90% silver
10% copper 		2.77 g 20 mm 20,000
1 mark Bird of paradise Indication of value and year between palm branches, above NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE , mint mark A below 90% silver
10% copper 		5.55 g 24 mm 45,000
2 marks Bird of paradise Indication of value and year between palm branches, above NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE , mint mark A below 90% silver
10% copper 		11.11 g 28 mm 15,000
5 marks Bird of paradise Indication of value and year between palm branches, above NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE , mint mark A below 90% silver
10% copper 		27.77 g 38 mm 23,000
10 marks Bird of paradise Indication of value and year between palm branches, above NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE , mint mark A below 90% gold
10% copper 		3.98 g 19.5 mm 2,000
20 marks Bird of paradise Indication of value and year between palm branches, above NEW GUINEA COMPAGNIE , mint mark A below 90% gold
10% copper 		7.96 g 22.5 mm 1,500

See also

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  • Günther Schön / Gerhard Schön: Small German coin catalog, 2007, Battenberg