My New Guinea Collection

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I've always liked those shillings from there.

 

Nice! But now you need to get some of these.

 

Those German new guinea pieces with the bird of paradise are beautiful!

 

I wish I could afford the 1 mark. I'd like to even see one in person.

 

I've only seen them online. There was a spectacularly toned one I saw once, I think on Instagram. I'm sure it went for BIG money.

 

Found a few on Ebay, a bit pricey for me.

 

Found this listing on Ebay, obvious fake...low price and in the feedback comments was called out for not saying it wasn't original. Maybe the more experienced collectors here can confirm it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3053465980...kEDRJanQ3K&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

I can't tell you why it's fake but I'm sure it is. A real one is over a thousand dollars. You can't buy a coin like that raw on eBay unless you're really sure of the dealer.

 

On Numista it prices out at $710 in VF.

 

Maybe so but looking for ones that are for sale and likely to be legitimate, they are a lot more. The cheapest one on MA Shops is $1,355.

 

Extremely poor rendition with very mushy detail and esp on the bird of paradise. Then banged about w some other coins most likely. Probability of it not even being proper silver is great.