British New Guinea 1936 coin with Angel of Paradise

Has anyone seen this sort of coin? I know about German New Guinea and conventional New Guinea, but NOT this creature.

 

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Here is the reverse of the British 1936 New Guinea coin.

 

British Administration 1910 -1952

Yours is a Pattern Crown struck in Proof
There's one here on eBay.uk
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-VIII-1936-NEW-GUINEA-PROOF-PATTERN-CROWN-PLAIN-EDGE-/183404558048

 

Or get one off AliExpress for $2.47
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/193...oins-COPY-FREE-SHIPPING-38MM/32819327464.html

 

Looks to be a fake: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/193...oins-COPY-FREE-SHIPPING-38MM/32819327464.html

 

Fantasy copy of a coin that was never issued.

 

That can't be real.

 

They are listed in Unusual World Coins. Colin R Bruce, 5th Edition page 405
Medallic Coinage, Richard Lobel Series.

X #M1, M1a, M1b, M1c.

Struck in Bronze, Copper-Nickel, Silver, and Gold.

 

Has to be a fantasy coin. Edward VIII coins were circulated for Fiji, New Guinea, British West Africa and East Africa, but none with an effigy that I'm aware of.