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25 Kina - Elizabeth II 100 Years of Coins in Papua New Guinea
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Weight | 136 g |
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| Reverse description | A richly colored depiction of the Raggiana Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) rendered in applied color against a white field occupies the entire reverse. The bird is shown perched on a bare branch, facing right, with its spectacular cascade of deep crimson and pink plumes radiating dramatically upward and outward to fill the field. The plumage is rendered with fine artistic detail, contrasting against the bird's iridescent dark green, yellow, and black body plumage. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse. A beaded border runs along the inner rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Papua New Guinea introduced its own decimal currency — the kina and toea — on April 19, 1975, just months before independence from Australia in September of that year. The centenary this piece commemorates is therefore not of PNG's own coinage but reaches back through the colonial sequence: German New Guinea pfennig issues from the 1890s, followed by Australian administration coinage, making this a rare instance of a nation formally commemorating the numismatic history of its own colonizers alongside its own.
At 136 grams, this is a substantial crown-sized piece by any measure. The KM#36 attribution places it among a small run of large-format silver issues the Bank of PNG produced through the early 1990s, most in limited proof editions with negligible secondary-market circulation.