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2 Kina
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 1981-1991 |
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| Value | 2 Kina |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA TWO KINA LEGAL TENDER THROUGHOUT PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOVERNOR SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE |
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| Protection description | a Bird of Paradise head, visible when held to light |
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The Kina was introduced in 1975 when Papua New Guinea decimalised and broke from the Australian dollar following independence. Thomas De La Rue printed the entire inaugural series, and this 2 Kina continued through multiple signature combinations across a decade without any change to the plate design — a long run that reflects both institutional continuity at the Bank of Papua New Guinea and the relative stability of the currency through the 1980s.
Three distinct signature pairings make date-attribution the primary collecting variable within the type. The 1988 ToRobert/Vulupindi pairing had the shortest issue window and is notably harder to find than the flanking combinations.