Tag: Papua New Guinea
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1943 Papua New Guinea 6 Pence
A tribal war club PNG Tribes A couple of months ago we covered the 1 Kina coin from Papua New Guinea (PNG). In sharing that piece on social media, Ian gave some extra information. He lived in PNG in the 1970s and I didn’t want to lose it, so thought I’d take the opportunity to…
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1999 Papua New Guinea 1 Kina
A large pair of reptiles Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, just above Australia. Image: Wikipedia). Ancient inhabitants are believed to have arrived in Papua New Guinea about 50-60,000 years ago from Southeast Asia during an Ice Age period when the sea was lower and distances between islands was shorter. New Guinea (as it used…