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2 Kina
| Issuer | Bank of Papua New Guinea |
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| Year | 1996-2002 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Bird of Paradise perched on an ornately decorated ceremonial arrow, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a multicoloured underprint of traditional Melanesian geometric patterns in green, teal, and yellow. The denominal numeral '2' appears at upper left and upper right, with an ornamental Bird of Paradise roundel in black at lower right. Two facsimile signatures — Governor at left and Secretary, Department of Finance at right — appear below the central vignette. |
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| Signature(s) | not dated (1996) - Tarata & Aopi not dated (ca. 1997) - Tarata & Mulina not dated (2000/2001) - Kamit & Tarata (Secretary - Department of Treasury)* * error in catalog, listing "Secretary - Department of Finance") |
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Papua New Guinea's first polymer notes — introduced in 1996 — were among the earlier adoptions of the substrate outside Australia, where Note Printing Australia had been developing and refining the technology through the 1980s. The 2 Kina P#16 ran across at least three signature combinations over roughly five years, with the 2000/2001 pairing of Kamit and Tarata generating a catalog anomaly: some references misattribute Tarata's position as Secretary of the Department of Finance rather than the Department of Treasury.
The distinction matters for attribution — signature varieties on polymer notes from this period are catalogued primarily by office held, not simply by name.