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Thursday, 17 April 2008

 

The K10.00 BankNote incorporates advanced security features to help protect the currency from counterfeiting.

The polymer note still retains many of the original design of the previous K10.00 BankNotes.

 

FEATURES 
FRONT
k10_front

 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
k10_back

 The main design elements on the back are a Tami Bowl, Bird of Paradise feathers, a Boar's

 Tusk from the Highlands and Tambu Shell Money from East New Britain, 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 '10' 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/green under

    ultra violet light.