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20 Kina reduced size
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Kina (1975-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of Papua New Guinea 20 Twenty Kina GOVERNOR SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY LEGAL TENDER THROUGHOUT PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 Bank of Papua New Guinea Twenty Kina |
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Papua New Guinea adopted polymer for its kina series earlier than most Pacific nations, and Note Printing Australia has been the sole supplier since the late 1990s. The reduced-format 20 Kina was introduced in 2021 as part of a broader move toward smaller, more ergonomic notes across the kina series — a practical response to years of complaints about wallet fit in a currency zone where cash handling is intense and ATM tolerance is tight.
P#50 is recent enough that genuine circulation data is still thin. What's already apparent is that the OVD placement on this format differs from earlier full-size issues in the series.