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2 Kina 25 Years of Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Size | 140 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA TWO KINA LEGAL TENDER THROUGHOUT PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOVERNOR SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY PAPUA NEW GUINEA SILVER JUBILEE |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of traditional Papua New Guinean artefacts and handicrafts, including a carved mask, a kundu drum, a tobacco pipe, a bilum bag, and woven implements, rendered against a light green and teal guilloche underprint. The numeral '2' in ornate form appears at both left and right. The inscription 'BANK OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA' is printed along the lower portion of the note. |
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Issued to mark Papua New Guinea's 25th anniversary of independence from Australian administration in 1975, this note is among the earlier commemorative polymer issues from Note Printing Australia — a printer whose polymer technology, developed initially by the Reserve Bank of Australia, was by 2000 still far from universally adopted globally. The choice of substrate for a commemorative rather than a workhorse circulation note was deliberate: polymer holds detail longer and resists the equatorial humidity that destroys paper notes rapidly in PNG.
Pick 21 is a single-date commemorative with no known significant printing variants.