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| Uitgever | Treasury, Rabaul (Australian Occupation of German New Guinea) |
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| Jaar | 1914-1915 |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | 1 January 1915 |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | FIVE FIVE FIVE FIVE |
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| Varianten | P#1a - issued note P#1b - pen cancelled 01.01.1915 |
| Opmerkingen |
Issued in the weeks following Australia's September 1914 seizure of German New Guinea, these notes were a field improvisation — the occupying forces needed a functional medium of exchange and had no time to wait for printed currency from home. Produced locally in Rabaul with whatever materials were at hand, they are among the most crudely manufactured emergency issues to emerge from the Pacific theatre of the First World War.
The entire series (Pick 1–5) is exceptionally rare. Most examples known to survive passed through very few hands before being preserved, which means heavily circulated pieces are actually harder to find than cleaner ones.