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5 Kina 35th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Kina (1975-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of Papua New Guinea Five Kina 35 Anniversary 1975-2010 LEGAL TENDER THROUGHOUT PAPUA NEW GUINEA GOVERNOR SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY |
| Reverse description | Central composition of a traditional Sepik-style ceremonial mask surrounded by tribal artefacts including a kina shell ornament and decorated body adornments, all rendered in detailed intaglio against a pale lavender guilloche underprint. A clear polymer window incorporating a stylised kina shell motif is positioned to the lower left. The bank title "Bank of Papua New Guinea" runs along the lower margin, with the denomination "Five Kina" vertically inscribed at the right edge. |
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Issued to mark Papua New Guinea's 35th independence anniversary — September 16, 2010 — this note was one of several commemorative polymer issues the Bank of Papua New Guinea produced through Note Printing Australia, which has handled the country's polymer output since PNG adopted the substrate in 1991, making it among the earlier sovereign adopters of the technology outside Australia itself.
Pick 39 was released into general circulation rather than issued purely as a collector piece, though commemorative labeling tends to encourage hoarding. The optically variable element on this series was a relatively late addition to PNG's security architecture.