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10 Kina 35th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 10 Kina |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of Papua New Guinea / Ten Kina / Anniversary 1975-2010 / Legal Tender Throughout Papua New Guinea |
| Reverse description | Central group of traditional Papua New Guinean artefacts rendered in intaglio: a carved wooden feast bowl occupies the middle ground, above a kina shell ornament and a tusk ring, with bird-of-paradise plumage arranged behind. A stylised fish numeral "10" appears at upper left in green, and traditional Melanesian geometric underprint patterns in teal, yellow and lilac cover the field throughout. |
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Issued to mark the 35th anniversary of Papua New Guinea's independence from Australia in 1975, this commemorative polymer note was printed by Note Printing Australia — the same country that administered PNG as a territory until independence. That detail is not incidental. NPA had been supplying PNG's circulating polymer notes since the country adopted the substrate in the late 1990s, making Australian printing infrastructure a persistent feature of an independent state's currency well into the twenty-first century.
Pick 40 circulated alongside the standard 10 Kina issue rather than replacing it, limiting its numismatic footprint to collectors and gift purchasers.