New Guinea 1935 shilling

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 78314

This specimen was lot 78314 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEW GUINEA. Shilling, 1935. Melbourne Mint. George V. NGC MS-66." This type was struck at Melbourne for the Australian territory of New Guinea in 1935-36. Additional shillings were struck in 1938 and 1945 in the name of George VI. The scene of fierce fighting during World War Two, the region obtained its independence in 1975 as Papua New Guinea.

Recorded mintage: 2,100,000.

Specification: 5.38 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-5.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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