Papua New Guinea Commemorative Folder #18

35th Anniversary of Bank of Papua New Guinea

Released in late June or early July 2009 - Matching S/N BPNG0000018

500 in sealed folders issued - Front Cover Second Cover

Twenty Kina Paper
Third Cover

One Hundred Kina Hybrid

Forth Cover
Last Cover

Papua New Guinea 100 Kina Specimen Commemorative

One Hundred Kina - Specimen, P39s

Papua New Guinea 100 Kina Commemorative

One Hundred Kina s/n 0001001, P39

Governor - Leonard Wilson Kamit, CBE
Secretary, Department of Treasury - Simon Tosali
Dimensions - 150mm x 75mm
Prefix number series - BPNG/0
Date issue - 23 April 2009, no actual date on note

Obverse - This is a commemorative note issued to celebrate the 35th year (1973-2008) of KINA & TOEA DAY which falls on April 19. The design of the note is similar to the previous 100 Kina polymer notes issued since 2005. The front side of the bank note features the National Parliemant House. The images of the Parliement House on each of the current banknotes are taken at difference angles to make each note unique and difference. The logo commemorating the 35th Anniversary of the Bank (1973-2008) is located at the bottom left corner of the note whilst the Bird of Paradise, which also appears on all banknotes is located to the left of the National Parliament House. Other unique features of the notes are: -

Optiks - The K100 banknote has a wide Optiks security thread, which can be seen through the aperture at the front of the note;
Thread - By holding the note up to the light, thread appears as a continuous strip showing the Bank Logo and the letters "BPNG100" running along the borders;
Ultra Violet Light - Under ultra violet light, the serial number and the thread of the K100 banknote fluoresces yellow along the borders of the bold strip on the back;
Text - To the naked eye the text 100Kina appears as a simple line, but under magnification it can be seen to read "100KINA100KINA";
Watermark - Hold the banknote up to the light and a larger watermark of the Bank Logo becomes visible.

Reverse - The reverse side of the bank note mainly features the country's economy. It features the stable diets of the local people, a container ship, dump truck, oil rig, a flying commercial plane and a telecommunication tower. The Optiks vertical strip is visible on the left side of the note.The letter prefix of the note is "BPNG".

Footnote: -The first 490 of the 20 and 100 Kina notes with matching serial number from #0000011 to #0000500 were sold to the public as a presentation pack for 300 Kina per set.