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Saturday, 02 September 2006

Papua New Guinea introduced its own notes and coins Currency on the 19th April 1975. The name of the dollar equivalent is Kina and the name of the cent equivalent is Toea. The Kina is the major unit and one single kina is equivalent to one hundred toeas. To learn more about Papua New Guinea's currency click on the currency.

 

Bank Notes

Old Series of Bank Notes in Circulation 

 k2_-_tradmoni  5_kina 10_kina  20_kina 

(Note: Notes are not actual sizes - Click on Notes to see more details)

 New Series of Bank Notes in Circulation

k2note_front 

 k5_front k10_front  image4   50_kina  100_front

 

 

 

(Note: Notes are not actual sizes - Click on Notes to see more details) 

 

Commemorative Currency

k50_commemorative_note-front  commemorative_k2_front  k2_coin_front  50_toea_commemorative_front 

 

 

Coins

5t_-_turtle

 

10t_-_cuscus

 

20t_-_muruk 

50t_-_bop1

 

k1_-_pukpuk 

(Note: Coins are not actual sizes - Click on coins to see more details) 


Coins no longer in circulation

The 1 toea and 2 toea shown below ceased to be legal tender on 19 April 2007. 

 

 1t_-_butterfly 1 toea  2t_-_fish 2 toea

 

 

Security Features of K100 and K20 Commemorative Banknotes 1.12 Mbpdf

Security Features of All Bank Notes 319.87 Kb pdf

Brief History of Currency in Papua New Guinea 11.93 Kb pdf

Withdrawal of Large size K1 coin from Circulation 55.99 Kbpdf