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Pohnpei Island (Ponape) Tokens (German New Guinea)

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I once found a token with the word "Ponape" written on it, along with German inscriptions. Catalogs of German tokens indicate that these are two known tokens from German New Guinea for the island of Ponape, which is now part of the States of Micronesia but was formerly part of German New Guinea.

Then, on one of the researchers' pages, I saw an image of these two tokens:

Pohnpei-Island-Ponape-Tokens-German-New-Guinea

But it wasn't quite that simple. I eventually found several actual photographs of these tokens, and it turned out that the image in the German catalog depicted the token with the number "1" incorrectly (apparently, the catalog author didn't have the actual image). In reality, the token with the number "1" is not smaller, but rather larger than the token with the number "1/2," and the shape of the number "1" itself is noticeably different from the one depicted in the catalog. You can compare it with the actual photographs:

Pohnpei-Island-Ponape-Tokens-German-New-Guinea

So, I started looking for information about the possible existence of other tokens on other islands in Micronesia, besides these two tokens for Ponape. Does anyone know of other tokens or numismatics on other similar islands? Please let me know.
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