Lot 5714

Sale 78 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes, The Lampard Collection, The James Atkinson Collection

New Guinea, goldlip pearlshell crescent called kina (PNG one dollar coin denomination is named after these items) 155mm x 42mm with native string and seed rope for suspension; probably the most used of all PNG primitive money, it had an official exchange rate of twelve shillings per pair until the 1960's (Mira p.28). Extremely fine.