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Live auction - 4330418 - 1 Pound Épreuve NEW CALEDONIA 1848 P.-

1 Pound Épreuve NEW CALEDONIA  1848 P.- AU
1 Pound Épreuve NEW CALEDONIA  1848 P.- AU1 Pound Épreuve NEW CALEDONIA  1848 P.- AU
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Estimate : 7 000 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 01 October 2019 17:56:46
Face Value : 1 Pound Épreuve
Date: (1848)
Period/Provinces/Banks Isle of Pines
Catalogue reference : P.-
Additional reference : KM.484
Detailed grade description : Deux taches au verso, inscriptions au crayon aux angles (recto)

Commentary


Projet d'un billet de 1 Pound pour l'Île des Pins (petite île de Nouvelle Calédonie qui "entre 1840 et 1853 ... vit nombre d'aventuriers débarquer et s'installer. Des comptoirs s'ouvrirent pour commercialiser le santal" - Les billets de la Banque de l'Indochine, M.Kolsky M.Muszynski, p.187).
Gravure sur papier Canson épais. Dimensions globales 27 x 15 cm, dimensions du billet 20 x 10 cm.
Gravure réalisée par Henry Cooper JERVIS (1816-) à Sydney. Quatre autres épreuves sont également conservées à la State Library de Sydney.
D'après l'ouvrage de Pam Carver "Captain Robert Towns (1794-1873)", cette plaque a été gravée en 1848 pour Robert Towns qui avait un établissement commercial à l'Île des Pins. Ce dernier pensait que les anglais allaient prendre possession de l'île et qu'ainsi un billet ressemblant à une émission anglaise serait reconnu comme monnaie officielle de l'île. Ce billet ne fut jamais mis en circulation et seul cette rare épreuve est un ancien témoignage de cette histoire !.

Historical background


NEW CALEDONIA

New Caledonia was attached to the French Establishments of Oceania before becoming an autonomous colony in 1860. Overseas Territory in 1946, it chose to keep this status in 1958 and 1972. New Caledonia was discovered by Captain Cook in 1774. The French recognized the island during the Revolution. After the massacre of French sailors by the natives in 1853, France seized the island militarily and founded Noumea in 1854 under the name of Port-de-France. Until the year 1860, New Caledonia depended on the Territories of Oceania. The furthest French territory from mainland France, New Caledonia was an important penal colony between 1864 and 1896, in particular for communards, such as Louise Michel. It has significant mineral wealth, including nickel, which was used to make our coins from the half-franc to the 5-franc piece..

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