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100 Kina - Elizabeth II Queen Alexandra Butterfly

Issuer Bank of Papua New Guinea
Year 1992
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Obverse description The national coat of arms of Papua New Guinea occupies the central field, depicting a Raggiana bird-of-paradise in flight above a traditional kundu drum and crossed spears. The arms are rendered in fine relief against a plain field. The circular legend reads PAPUA NEW GUINEA with the date 1992 positioned below, all in Latin characters.
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Papua New Guinea issued this platinum butterfly coin as part of a broader conservation series highlighting endemic species under pressure from deforestation and habitat loss in the highlands. The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing — not technically a butterfly in common parlance but the world's largest, with females reaching wingspans above 25 cm — was listed under CITES Appendix I in 1987, making commercial trade in specimens illegal. Mintages on platinum issues from Port Moresby-authorized series of this period were extremely low, typically in the dozens rather than thousands.

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