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Detailed information about Coin: One Mark 1894 from New Guinea, German
| Description | The German New Guinea Company issued its own coinage in 1894 and it remained legal tender until 15 April 1911, when it was replaced by regular German imperial coinage. A one mark coin issued in 1894 would therefore have been in circulation for 17 years. This colonial coin corresponded exactly in size and composition to its German imperial one mark counterpart. |
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| Country | New Guinea, German | Currency | New Guinean Mark | ||||||
| Face value | 1 (x Mark) | Type | One Mark | ||||||
| Year | 1894 | Current | No (demonetised 1911) | ||||||
| Mintage | 33,331 (33331) | ||||||||
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| Material | 0.9000 Silver | Designer | Emil Weigand | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 24 | Thickness (mm) | 1.4000 | ||||||
| Mass (g) | 5.5560 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Great Bird of Paradise displaying full plumage. There is no text or other decoration. |
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| Obverse inscription | None | ||||||||
| Reverse | At centre, in four lines, the value, denomination and date: 1 NEU-GUINEA MARK 1894, fully enclosed by a palm wreath; around above the wreath, the issuing company's name: NEU-GUINEA COMPAGNIE. Below the wreath, the mint mark A of the Berlin Mint. |
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| Reverse inscription | NEU-GUINEA COMPAGNIE 1 NEU GUINEA MARK 1894 | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof | unknown |
Coin - 1 Mark, German New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), 1894 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
Coin - 1 Mark, German New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), 1894 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip source |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | German New Guinea KM# 5 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Deutsche Bundesbank | Mint | link | ||
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mint | ||
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mintage | ||
| Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Varieties | Proof |
| New Guinea 1894-A mark - CoinFactsWiki | British Museum - coin |
| Museums Victoria: Coin - 1 Mark, German New Guinea (Papua New Guinea), 1894 |
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