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10 Kina reduced size
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a carved wooden bowl accompanied by traditional Kina shell rings and a decorative Hiri Motu bilum bag adorned with cassowary or bird-of-paradise feathers, all rendered in detailed intaglio. The composition is set against a pale blue guilloche underprint with stylised tribal motifs in the background. The Bank name and denomination appear in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 Bank of Papua New Guinea Ten Kina |
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Papua New Guinea has issued 10 Kina notes on polymer substrate since 1995, but the reduced-format version — introduced as part of a broader regional move toward dimensionally tiered currency — made handling and ATM compatibility meaningfully easier in a country where banking infrastructure outside Port Moresby remains limited. Note Printing Australia has held this contract continuously, making it one of the longer uninterrupted supplier relationships in Pacific currency production.
Pick 50 sits within a series that has seen incremental security upgrades across successive print runs rather than full redesigns, which means date variants carry different feature sets despite sharing the same Pick number.