Papua New Guinean kina
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- PGK
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Its place in the family
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Papua New Guinean kina
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
Trace its ancestry backward
Papua New Guinean kina
Australian dollar
Australian pound
Pound sterling
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The kina entered circulation on April 19, 1975. Australian dollars and kina were accepted together through the end of 1975; the Australian dollar ceased to be legal tender on January 1, 1976. [1]
Turning points
Territorial currency replacement
The kina succeeded Australian dollars in Papua New Guinea. Both circulated through 1975; Australian-dollar legal tender ended on January 1, 1976. Traditional shell names are a separate naming history. [2]
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“Papua New Guinean kina.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-13; data version v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000178.html