Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Bank of Papua New Guinea
Currency - Kina (PGK)
Below are four notes, all printed with the year date of (nd)2021. The main designs for these notes are basically the same since they were first issued in 2008 for the 5 kina; 2007 for the 20 kina; 2002 for the 50 kina, and the 100 kina in 2005. However, these are reduced resize notes, first released in 2016 with the 5 kina note.
Five Kina
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| National Parliament House |
Front - National Parliament House of Papua New Guinea located in Port
Moresby. The parliament house was officially opened on 08.08.1984 by Prince Charles (now King Charles The lll). On the right is the Coat of Arms and on the far left is a see-through image of a Bird of Paradise.
Signatures
Governor - Loi Martin Bakani (since 2009)
Secretary, Department of Treasury - Dairi Vele (tenure 2015-2022)
Dimensions - 131mm x 70.5mm
Back - On the back, it features traditional currencies like a Hombuli Mask, Kina shell and necklace.
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| Traditional currencies |
Twenty Kina
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| National Parliament House |
Front - National Parliament House of Papua New Guinea located in Port Moresby. The parliament house was officially opened on 08.08.1984 by Prince Charles (now King Charles The lll). On the right is the Coat of Arms and on the far left is a see-through image of a Bird of Paradise.
Signatures
Governor - Loi Martin Bakani (since 2009)
Secretary, Department of Treasury - Dairi Vele (tenure 2015-2022)
Dimensions - 131mm x 70.5mm
Back - A boar head and conches
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| A boar head and conches |
Fifty Kina
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| National Parliament House |
Front - National Parliament House of Papua New Guinea located in Port Moresby. The parliament house was officially opened on 08.08.1984 by Prince Charles (now King Charles The lll). On the right is the Coat of Arms and on the far left is a see-through image of a Bird of Paradise.
Signatures
Governor - Loi Martin Bakani (since 2009)
Secretary, Department of Treasury - Dairi Vele (tenure 2015-2022)
Dimensions - 141mm x 70.5mm
Back - The main design is the image of Sir Michael Thomas Somare (b.1936-2021). He was the first Prime Minister of PNG since independence, from 1975 to 1980, and again from 1982 to 1985; 2002 to 2010; and for another 46 days in early 2011. To his left are various Headdresses and Masks from various PNG regions : - Bainings (East New Britain); The Orokolo (Gulf Province); the Huli (Southern Highlands Province); The Tubuan (East New Britain Province), A West Sepik and a Malagan Mask (New Ireland Province).
The portrait of Sir Michael Thomas Somare was first printed on the 50 kina note in 1989. No doubt that this was to honor him as the first Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea since obtaining independence from Australia in 1975. Until today, only his portrait is used on the banknote series.
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| Sir Michael Thomas Somare (b.1936-2021) |
One Hundred Kina
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| National Parliament House |
Front - National Parliament House of Papua New Guinea located in Port Moresby. The parliament house was officially opened on 08.08.1984 by Prince Charles (now King Charles The lll). On the right is the National Crest symbolising National Unity, and on the far left is a see-through image of a Bird of Paradise.
Signatures
Governor - Loi Martin Bakani (since 2009)
Secretary, Department of Treasury - Dairi Vele (tenure 2015-2022)
Dimensions - 150mm x 70mm
Back - On the back, it features the country's traditional primary economy which encompasses mining, petroleum, tourism, transportation, and technology.
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| Coffee beans, cocoa beans, palm oil fruit, fish, coconut tree, sugar canes, tanker, mining truck, commercial airplane and telecommunication tower |
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