B157 (PNL): 20 kina (US$5.95) Red-brown. Front: English text; coat of arms with bird of paradise perched on Kundu drum and ceremonial spear; National Parliament building in Port Moresby. Back: English text; boar head; toea (cowrie shell) necklace from Madang; Toa armband from Central Province; shell ornament from Western Province;Read More…

B240 (PNL): 1,000 сом (som) (US$14) Gray-green. Front: Kyrgyz text; ornament with denomination in gold-to-jade OVI; poet Jusup Balasagyn; mountains; diamond pattern as registration device. Back: Kyrgyz text; diamond pattern; Takhti Sulaiman, ancient architectural monument; Sulaiman Mountain.  RAPID HD Detect windowed security thread. Watermark: Jusup Balasagyn with electrotype 1000. Printer:Read More…

B239 (PNL): 500 сом (som) (US$7.15) Violet. Front: Kyrgyz text; ornament with denomination in gold-to-jade OVI; “Manas” storyteller Sayakbai Karalaev; mountains; diamond pattern as registration device. Back: Kyrgyz text; diamond pattern; Mausoleum of Manas; mountains.  RAPID HD Detect windowed security thread. Watermark: Sayakbai Karalaev with electrotype 500. Printer: (Unknown). 144Read More…

B238 (PNL): 200 сом (som) (US$2.85) Yellow. Front: Kyrgyz text; ornament with denomination in gold-to-jade OVI; poet and playwright Alykul Osmonov; forested mountains; diamond pattern as registration device. Back: Kyrgyz text; diamond pattern; lines from Osmonov’s “Jenishbek” about Lake Issyk-Kul; mountains. RAPID HD Detect windowed security thread. Watermark: Alykul OsmonovRead More…