Archive for the ‘PAPUA NEW GUINEA’ Category

TOEA  (KM# 1)

Weight: 2.0000 g.
Alloy: Bronze
Diameter: 17.65 mm
Obv: National emblem
Rev: Butterfly and value
Edge: Plain

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1987 - - - - 0.45 1.25

    Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea. It lies north of Australia near the equator and borders on West Irian. The country, which includes nearby Bismark archipelago, Buka and Bougainville, has an area of 178,260 sq. mi. (461,690 sq. km.).and a population of 3.7 million that is divided into more than 1,000 separate tribes speaking more than 700 mutually unintelligible languages. Read the rest of this entry »