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20 Kina 35th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Reverse description | A central intaglio vignette of a wild boar's head surrounded by traditional shell ornaments and conch shells, set within a decorative circular frame. To the left, a stylised Sepik-region carved mask motif appears in dark ink against the polymer substrate. A complex guilloche underprint with ochre and pink tonal patterns fills the background, with the denomination numeral "20" at upper left and "Twenty Kina" inscribed vertically on the right margin. |
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| Protection type | Transparent window, Optically variable ink |
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Papua New Guinea gained independence on 16 September 1975, making this note a 2010 commemorative issue. The polymer substrate came from Note Printing Australia in Melbourne, which has supplied PNG's polymer notes since the country adopted the format — a relationship that predates this commemorative series by over a decade.
Pick 41 is part of a pattern of anniversary issues from the Bank of Papua New Guinea that repurpose existing design architecture with modified text and date elements rather than commissioning wholly new artwork. The transparent window and OVI ink were already standard fitments on the circulating polymer kina series, so no new security infrastructure was introduced for this issue.