Papua New Guinea 1975 20 Toea — The Dwarf Cassowary

The world’s most dangerous bird on a coin: PNG’s 1975 20 toea — Bennett’s (dwarf) cassowary, KM#5.

History

  • KM#5 — the 1975 20 toea, the largest of the 1975 toea coins.
  • Reverse: Bennett’s (dwarf) cassowary, the flightless bird of New Guinea’s forests. Obverse: the national crest.

Key dates & varieties

  • 1975 first issue of the denomination.

Specifications

  • 11.3 g, 28.65 mm, cupro-nickel.

Collector notes

  • First-year premium; high-grade examples are the hunt in a series that circulated hard.

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