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Thursday, 17 April 2008

 

The K5.00 polymer banknote incorporates advanced security features to help protect the currency

from counterfeiting. The polymer note still retains many of the original design elements of the previous K5.00

BankNotes.

 

FEATURES 
FRONT
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 The main design elements on the front are the Parliament House and the National Crest of Papua

 New Guinea, which is a stylised Bird of Paradise sitting on a Kundu (drum) and a Spear

 
BACK
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 The main design elements on the back are traditional currencies of Papua New Guinea, featuring

 a Hombuli Mask from Sepik, a Kina Shell Necklace used widely in most parts of the country and

 a Shell Necklace from New Ireland Province, which is also the complex window design

 
SECURITY FEATURES

 1. COMPLEX CLEAR WINDOW 

     Complex Clear Window incorporating a vignette of the Bank of Papua New Guinea Logo

 2SHADOW IMAGE 

    Shadow image of the Bank of Papua New Guinea logo, which is visible when raised to the light     

 3. G-SWITCH FEATURE

     G-Switch is a dynamic optical feature that changes colour when the BankNote is titled under a light

     source

 4. EMBOSS

      The Numeral '5' is embossed in the secondary clear window  

 5OFFSET

    Complex background security patterns in multiple rainbow print 

 6INTAGLIO

     Multi-colour raised keyline printing of main design elements on the front and back of the BankNote

 7IRIDESCENT FEATURE 

    Bird of Paradise in full flight on the Back provides a colour change when the BankNote is tilted

 8SERIAL NUMBER 

     Black serial number fluoresces yellow/green under ultra violet light

 9. SIGNATURES

    Black signatures of the Governor and the Secretary, Department of Treasury fluoresce

    yellow/greenunder ultra violet light.