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| 正面描述 | Central device depicts two Birds of Paradise perched together on a diagonal branch, rendered in fine high-relief detail with elaborate plumage fanning outward to fill the field. The birds face one another, their elongated tail feathers and ornate crest plumes executed with exceptional engraving precision by Otto Schultz. The entire design is contained within a raised inner beaded border, with a plain outer rim. No legend appears on the obverse, the birds of paradise serving as the sole decorative and symbolic motif referencing the territory of German New Guinea. |
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| 铸造量 | 1894 A - 3,906 were melted - 23,000 1894 A - Proof - |
| 附加信息 |
The Neu-Guinea Compagnie was a chartered trading company granted administrative control over German New Guinea in 1885, and for a brief window it held the extraordinary privilege of issuing its own coinage — one of the last instances of a private commercial enterprise striking legal tender under German imperial authority. That authority was revoked in 1899 when the German Reich absorbed the territory directly, making the entire Compagnie coinage series a product of just a few years.
The 1894 date is the sole year for this denomination. Struck in Berlin, mintage was a mere 5,000 pieces — most of which likely never reached New Guinea at all.