- New Guinean pound
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New Guinean pound 1d User(s) Territory of New Guinea Pegged with Australian pound, which was in turn pegged with the British pound at par. Subunit 1/20 shilling 1/240 penny Symbol £ shilling s penny d Plural penny pence Coins 1d, 3d, 6d, 1/- This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The pound was the currency of the Australian territory of New Guinea between 1915 and 1966. It replaced the mark when Australia occupied the former German colony. It was equal to the Australian pound and Australian currency circulated, alongside coins issued specifically for New Guinea between 1935 and 1945. The pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.
Between 1942 and 1945, the Oceania pound circulated, issued by the Japanese occupiers. Australian coins and banknotes resumed circulation after the war and continued until 1975, when the kina replaced the Australian dollar at par.
Coins
In 1935, 3 and 6 pence and 1 shilling coins were introduced, followed in 1936 by 1 penny coins. The penny was minted in bronze, with the 3 and 6 pence in cupro-nickel and the shilling in sterling silver. All the coins were holed.
Preceded by:
German gold mark
Ratio: at parCurrency of New Guinea
1915 – 1942
Concurrent with: Australian poundSucceeded by:
Oceania pound
Reason: Japanese occupation
Ratio: parPreceded by:
Oceania pound
Reason: Liberation from Japanese occupationCurrency of New Guinea
1945 – 1966
Concurrent with: Australian poundSucceeded by:
Australian dollar
Reason: decimalisation
Ratio: 2 dollars = 1 poundCategories:- Pound (currency)
- Currencies of Papua New Guinea
- Modern obsolete currencies
- Currencies of Oceania
- 1915 establishments
- 1966 disestablishments
- Currency unit stubs
- Papua New Guinea stubs
- Australia stubs
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