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2 Kina
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an arrangement of traditional Melanesian artefacts rendered in fine intaglio engraving: a Kula armband, a tooth necklace, and a Sepik clay pot, all overlaid on a richly patterned multicolour underprint of tapa cloth motifs in yellow-green, teal, and olive tones. The ornate Sepik-style numeral '2' appears at upper left and lower right. The issuer's name is printed in bold letterpress at the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Pick 1 is the founding note of the Bank of Papua New Guinea, issued on 19 April 1975 — the same date the kina replaced the Australian dollar at par following independence the previous September. The choice of Thomas De La Rue was unremarkable for a newly established central bank; what is more notable is how quickly the series required revision, with the signature combinations cycling rapidly through the late 1970s as the bank's administration stabilised.
First-issue P#1 notes with the earliest signature pairing are considerably scarcer than the series' general availability suggests.