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5 Toea - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 2002-2020 |
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| Value | 5 Toea |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), also known as the Fly River turtle or pitted-shelled turtle, depicted in right-facing profile, swimming. The species is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea and serves as a distinctive fauna emblem on this denomination. The denomination numeral and unit designation appear below the central device. The legend 5t is positioned in the lower field beneath the turtle motif. |
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KM#3a represents the nickel plated steel successor to the original cupronickel KM#3, introduced as rising metal costs made the earlier composition uneconomical to maintain. Papua New Guinea adopted the toea system at independence in 1975, with denominations named from a Motu shell valuable historically used in trade along the Papuan coast.