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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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| Size | 150 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Parliament House façade, Port Moresby, rendered in intaglio with its distinctive triangular carved totemic panel at the entrance; the 35th Anniversary of Independence commemorative logo ("1975–2010") appears in multicolour at upper centre, flanked by a Bird of Paradise vignette at left and a stylised fish numeral "10" at upper right. Two facsimile signatures appear at lower left, captioned GOVERNOR and SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, against a light teal and yellow guilloche underprint with traditional Melanesian motifs. |
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| Protection type | Clear window, Optically variable ink |
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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.