Papua New Guinea - 100 Kina 2009 Commemorative

One Hundred Kina s/n 0001001, P39Governor - Leonard Wilson Kamit, CBE

Secretary, Department of Treasury - Simon Tosali

Dimensions - 150mm x 75mm

Prefix number series - BPNG/000

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 Parliament House. The images of the Parliament House on each of the current banknotes are taken at different angles to make each note unique and different. 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;
Ultraviolet Light - Under ultraviolet 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 numbers from #0000011 to #0000500 were sold to the public as a presentation pack for 300 Kina per set.

Re: My Footnote comment as above. Since my last posting on these notes, it is not sure as to how many of these 20 and 100 Kina commemorative notes were issued in a sealed folder. I bought a pair recently with serial nos of #45 and #46 without the folder, and for that it is unclear as to how many of the folder sets were actually released to the public as collectible. As the price for the folder notes are quite expensive, one can only guess that these were not popular among collectors. (21.03.2010)