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3 Kina
| Issuer | Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse description | Coloured depiction of a rooster standing in profile facing left, rendered in naturalistic detail against a dark graduated field. The bird displays a prominent red comb and wattles, golden-brown plumage on the body, and a sweeping white tail. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Papua New Guinea's bimetallic kina coinage has an unusual origin: the kina itself was introduced in 1975 at independence, its name taken from the Motu and Tolai word for the gold-lipped pearl oyster shell, which served as a traditional currency across much of the Papuan coast. The steel-composition 3 kina is a relatively recent denomination introduced to rationalize everyday transactions as lower-denomination coins lost practical purchasing value.