New Guinea, The Papuan Industries Ltd, 3 Pence, c. 1906, obv. THE PAPUAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED around Maltise cross under a round badge FAITH AND WORKS and a sun rising over the sea, rev. 3 in a circle, aluminium, 32mm. Very fine, very rare £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: W. J. Noble auction, 1993

Used on Badu Island (Mulgrave Island) in the Torres Straits on a coconut estate of 406 acres.