Papua New Guinea
Lot 3878 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday 24 November) Leslie J Carlisle C Papua New Guinea
Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $80
TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA, Head Tax token, 1933-1935, ten shillings (type III) (Mira p311), in aluminium (34mm), plain reverse, holed at top edge; Head Tax token, 1937-1938, ten shillings (like Mira type III but larger lettering) (Mira not recorded), in aluminium (36mm), reverse with unidentified impressed trademark and below this 5344, upset to 9 o'clock, holed at top and bottom edges. The first with some light tin oxidation and the second with a score mark that appears to have been on the blank before impressing details, overall extremely fine. (2)
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