The currency of papua new guinea. History of kina papua new guinea, useful information for tourists
The monetary unit is kina (K) = 100 toya.
In the 19th century on the territory of Papua, banknotes were circulated in pounds sterling, and New Guinea - in German marks. Since September 1, 1906 in Papua and from September 12, 1914. Australian banknotes became legal tender in New Guinea. These two parts of the country were administratively united by the Australian authorities in 1949.
Since January 1, 1976 only banknotes in kinas are legal tender. The issuance of national banknotes by the Bank of Papua New Guinea began in April 1975; in September 1975 country gained independence. From January 1976 Australian banknotes and coins were no longer legal tender.
In circulation there are denominations from 2 to 100 kinas. Both paper banknotes and polymer-based banknotes, as well as commemorative tickets, are in circulation. For example, a series of banknotes was issued in honor of the 25th anniversary of independence, the advent of the new century, as well as the 25th anniversary of the state currency.
On the front side of the plastic banknote of 2 kinas there is a symbol of the country - a bird of paradise - and the text "25 PAPUA NEW GUINEA SILVER JUBILEE" and a transparent circle with the emblem are located National Bank. The reverse side depicts handicrafts. There is no watermark or security thread. The dominant colors are light green, olive and yellow.
The front of the 5 kin note features a bird of paradise and the inscription "25 PAPUA NEW GUINEA SILVER JUBILEE". On the back there are images of a traditional mask and a necklace. As a protection, the bill is provided with a watermark in the form of the emblem of the National Bank. On the left side of the banknote there is a metalized diving protective strip. Primary colors are purple, lilac and orange.
The largest denomination of the series - 100 kin - has a polymer base and an interesting security feature (along with a transparent strip made with special paint and a transparent window) - a shadow image in the form of the emblem of the Central Bank of Papua New Guinea.
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Metal kina and toya - modern coins of Papua New Guinea
Since 1975, coins have been in circulation in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50 toya and 1 kina.
The obverses of all coins depict the coat of arms of Papua New Guinea. Various animals are depicted on the reverses of coins of all denominations.
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Kina Papua New Guinea - official currency unit Papua New Guinea. Currency code: PGK. Currency unit: Toya (1/100). Currently distributed in denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 kinas of Papua New Guinea and coins: 5, 10, 20, 50 toya, 1 kina.
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Changes in the exchange rate of the papua new guinea kina against the ruble, per 1 PGK:
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18.7851 Table of changes in the papua kina - new guinea exchange rate last week: show
date Well +/- 16.02 02:00 18.7851 - 16.02 01:00 18.7851 - 16.02 00:00 18.7851 - 15.02 23:00 18.7851 - 15.02 22:00 18.7851 - 15.02 21:00 18.7851 +0.0001 15.02 20:00 18.785 -0.0001 15.02 19:00 18.7851 +0.005 15.02 18:00 18.7801 +0.0122 15.02 17:00 18.7679 +0.0302 15.02 16:00 18.7377 +0.0728 15.02 15:00 18.6649 +0.0676 15.02 14:00 18.5973 - 15.02 13:00 18.5973 -0.0001 15.02 12:00 18.5974 -0.0003 15.02 11:00 18.5977 -0.0013 15.02 10:00 18.599 -0.0085 15.02 09:00 18.6075 -0.0287 15.02 08:00 18.6362 +0.0326 15.02 07:00 18.6036 +0.0007 15.02 06:00 18.6029 -0.0182 15.02 05:00 18.6211 +0.0235 15.02 04:00 18.5976 -0.0054 15.02 03:00 18.603 -0.029 15.02 02:00 18.632 -0.0121 15.02 01:00 18.6441 +0.0023 15.02 00:00 18.6418 -0.0329 14.02 23:00 18.6747 +0.001 14.02 22:00 18.6737 +0.0004 14.02 21:00 18.6733 +0.005 14.02 20:00 18.6683 +0.0164 14.02 19:00 18.6519 +0.02 14.02 18:00 18.6319 +0.0133 14.02 17:00 18.6186 -0.0239 14.02 16:00 18.6425 +0.0195 14.02 15:00 18.623 +0.01 14.02 14:00 18.613 -0.0215 14.02 13:00 18.6345 +0.0217 14.02 12:00 18.6128 +0.004 14.02 11:00 18.6088 -0.023 14.02 10:00 18.6318 -0.0078 14.02 09:00 18.6396 +0.0056 14.02 08:00 18.634 -0.0005 14.02 07:00 18.6345 -0.014 14.02 06:00 18.6485 -0.0214 14.02 05:00 18.6699 -0.0043 14.02 04:00 18.6742 -0.0061 14.02 03:00 18.6803 -0.0148 14.02 02:00 18.6951 +0.0032 14.02 01:00 18.6919 +0.0037 14.02 00:00 18.6882 +0.0281 13.02 23:00 18.6601 +0.016 13.02 22:00 18.6441 +0.0118 13.02 21:00 18.6323 +0.02 13.02 20:00 18.6123 -0.0149 13.02 19:00 18.6272 -0.0146 13.02 18:00 18.6418 +0.0256 13.02 17:00 18.6162 -0.0428 13.02 16:00 18.659 -0.0108 13.02 15:00 18.6698 -0.0109 13.02 14:00 18.6807 +0.0216 13.02 13:00 18.6591 +0.0181 13.02 12:00 18.641 -0.0057 13.02 11:00 18.6467 +0.0213 13.02 10:00 18.6254 +0.0354 13.02 09:00 18.59 +0.0148 13.02 08:00 18.5752 +0.0122 13.02 07:00 18.563 +0.0052 13.02 06:00 18.5578 +0.0007 13.02 05:00 18.5571 -0.005 13.02 04:00 18.5621 +0.0033 13.02 03:00 18.5588 +0.0001 13.02 02:00 18.5587 +0.0054 13.02 01:00 18.5533 -0.0053 13.02 00:00 18.5586 +0.0031 12.02 23:00 18.5555 +0.0001 12.02 22:00 18.5554 +0.0085 12.02 21:00 18.5469 +0.0191 12.02 20:00 18.5278 -0.0006 12.02 19:00 18.5284 +0.0165 12.02 18:00 18.5119 +0.0217 12.02 17:00 18.4902 -0.0165 12.02 16:00 18.5067 +0.0025 12.02 15:00 18.5042 -0.0314 12.02 14:00 18.5356 +0.003 12.02 13:00 18.5326 +0.0466 12.02 12:00 18.486 +0.0098 12.02 11:00 18.4762 -0.0827 12.02 10:00 18.5589 -0.0149 12.02 09:00 18.5738 +0.007 12.02 08:00 18.5668 +0.0019 12.02 07:00 18.5649 +0.007 12.02 06:00 18.5579 -0.0295 12.02 05:00 18.5874 -0.0063 12.02 04:00 18.5937 -0.001 12.02 03:00 18.5947 -0.0127 12.02 02:00 18.6074 +0.0387 12.02 01:00 18.5687 -0.0042 12.02 00:00 18.5729 -0.0136 11.02 23:00 18.5865 +0.0006 11.02 22:00 18.5859 +0.0129 11.02 21:00 18.573 -0.0324 11.02 20:00 18.6054 +0.0086 11.02 19:00 18.5968 -0.0061 11.02 18:00 18.6029 -0.0471 11.02 17:00 18.65 -0.0209 11.02 16:00 18.6709 +0.0014 11.02 15:00 18.6695 -0.0552 11.02 14:00 18.7247 -0.015 11.02 13:00 18.7397 -0.0209 11.02 12:00 18.7606 -0.019 11.02 11:00 18.7796 +0.0393 11.02 10:00 18.7403 -0.0187 11.02 09:00 18.759 +0.0045 11.02 08:00 18.7545 +0.0037 11.02 07:00 18.7508 -0.013 11.02 06:00 18.7638 -0.0053 11.02 05:00 18.7691 -0.0464 11.02 04:00 18.8155 +0.0027 11.02 03:00 18.8128 -0.0006 11.02 02:00 18.8134 -0.0041 11.02 01:00 18.8175 -0.0036 11.02 00:00 18.8211 +0.0007 10.02 23:00 18.8204 -0.0104 10.02 22:00 18.8308 -0.0059 10.02 21:00 18.8367 +0.0024 10.02 20:00 18.8343 +0.0228 10.02 19:00 18.8115 -0.0208 10.02 18:00 18.8323 -0.0083 10.02 17:00 18.8406 +0.0642 10.02 16:00 18.7764 +0.0286 10.02 14:00 18.7478 -0.0146 10.02 13:00 18.7624 +0.0304 10.02 12:00 18.732 +0.0269 10.02 11:00 18.7051 -0.0532 10.02 10:00 18.7583 -0.0028 10.02 09:00 18.7611 - 10.02 08:00 18.7611 -0.0028 10.02 07:00 18.7639 -0.0019 10.02 06:00 18.7658 -0.0285 10.02 05:00 18.7943 -0.0179 10.02 04:00 18.8122 -0.0057 10.02 03:00 18.8179 -0.1595 10.02 02:00 18.9774 -0.0204 10.02 01:00 18.9978 +0.0053 10.02 00:00 18.9925 +0.0097 09.02 23:00 18.9828 -0.0145 09.02 22:00 18.9973 +0.0149 09.02 21:00 18.9824 - 09.02 20:00 18.9824 - 09.02 19:00 18.9824 - 09.02 18:00 18.9824 - 09.02 17:00 18.9824 - 09.02 16:00 18.9824 - 09.02 15:00 18.9824 - 09.02 14:00 18.9824 - 09.02 13:00 18.9824 - 09.02 12:00 18.9824 - 09.02 11:00 18.9824 - 09.02 10:00 18.9824 - 09.02 09:00 18.9824 - 09.02 08:00 18.9824 - 09.02 07:00 18.9824 - 09.02 06:00 18.9824 - 09.02 05:00 18.9824 - 09.02 04:00 18.9824 - 09.02 03:00 18.9824 - * the graph shows the dynamics of exchange rate changes at 12:00 GMT over the past 30 days.
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Table of changes in the papua kina - new guinea exchange rate for the month: open18.7851 date Well +/- 15.02.2020 18.7801 +0.1482 14.02.2020 18.6319 -0.0099 13.02.2020 18.6418 +0.13 12.02.2020 18.5118 -0.091 11.02.2020 18.6028 -0.2296 10.02.2020 18.8324 -0.15 09.02.2020 18.9824 +0.0025 08.02.2020 18.9799 +0.1572 07.02.2020 18.8227 +0.2298 06.02.2020 18.5929 +0.1504 05.02.2020 18.4425 -0.0846 04.02.2020 18.5271 -0.1528 03.02.2020 18.6799 -0.2475 02.02.2020 18.9274 +0.0147 01.02.2020 18.9127 +0.1985 31.01.2020 18.7142 +0.1459 30.01.2020 18.5683 +0.1501 29.01.2020 18.4182 +0.0615 28.01.2020 18.3567 -0.0803 27.01.2020 18.437 +0.0722 26.01.2020 18.3648 +0.0037 25.01.2020 18.3611 +0.2062 24.01.2020 18.1549 -0.0278 23.01.2020 18.1827 -0.0043 22.01.2020 18.187 +0.0183 21.01.2020 18.1687 +0.1075 20.01.2020 18.0612 -0.0127 19.01.2020 18.0739 -0.0036 18.01.2020 18.0775 +0.0393 17.01.2020 18.0382 -0.0567 16.01.2020 18.0949 - * the graph shows the dynamics of exchange rate changes at 12:00 GMT over the past 3 months.
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Table of changes in the papua kina - new guinea exchange rate for the quarter: show18.7851 date Well +/- 15.02.2020 18.7801 +0.1482 14.02.2020 18.6319 -0.0099 13.02.2020 18.6418 +0.13 12.02.2020 18.5118 -0.091 11.02.2020 18.6028 -0.2296 10.02.2020 18.8324 -0.15 09.02.2020 18.9824 +0.0025 08.02.2020 18.9799 +0.1572 07.02.2020 18.8227 +0.2298 06.02.2020 18.5929 +0.1504 05.02.2020 18.4425 -0.0846 04.02.2020 18.5271 -0.1528 03.02.2020 18.6799 -0.2475 02.02.2020 18.9274 +0.0147 01.02.2020 18.9127 +0.1985 31.01.2020 18.7142 +0.1459 30.01.2020 18.5683 +0.1501 29.01.2020 18.4182 +0.0615 28.01.2020 18.3567 -0.0803 27.01.2020 18.437 +0.0722 26.01.2020 18.3648 +0.0037 25.01.2020 18.3611 +0.2062 24.01.2020 18.1549 -0.0278 23.01.2020 18.1827 -0.0043 22.01.2020 18.187 +0.0183 21.01.2020 18.1687 +0.1075 20.01.2020 18.0612 -0.0127 19.01.2020 18.0739 -0.0036 18.01.2020 18.0775 +0.0393 17.01.2020 18.0382 -0.0567 16.01.2020 18.0949 +0.0602 15.01.2020 18.0347 +0.0265 14.01.2020 18.0082 -0.0051 13.01.2020 18.0133 -0.0455 12.01.2020 18.0588 +0.0033 11.01.2020 18.0555 +0.3009 10.01.2020 17.7546 -0.2149 09.01.2020 17.9695 -0.139 08.01.2020 18.1085 -0.1124 07.01.2020 18.2209 +0.0282 06.01.2020 18.1927 -0.1715 05.01.2020 18.3642 -0.0003 04.01.2020 18.3645 +0.1701 03.01.2020 18.1944 +0.0619 02.01.2020 18.1325 -0.0785 01.01.2020 18.211 -0.0285 31.12.2019 18.2395 +0.0595 30.12.2019 18.18 -0.0931 29.12.2019 18.2731 +0.0004 28.12.2019 18.2727 +0.0455 27.12.2019 18.2272 -0.0328 26.12.2019 18.26 +0.1418 25.12.2019 18.1182 -0.07 24.12.2019 18.1882 -0.0892 23.12.2019 18.2774 -0.0172 22.12.2019 18.2946 +0.0003 21.12.2019 18.2943 +0.048 20.12.2019 18.2463 -0.0631 19.12.2019 18.3094 -0.0198 18.12.2019 18.3292 -0.0143 17.12.2019 18.3435 +0.0057 16.12.2019 18.3378 -0.1448 15.12.2019 18.4826 -0.0041 14.12.2019 18.4867 +0.0774 13.12.2019 18.4093 -0.041 12.12.2019 18.4503 -0.2027 11.12.2019 18.653 -0.0058 10.12.2019 18.6588 -0.0604 09.12.2019 18.7192 -0.0625 08.12.2019 18.7817 +0.005 07.12.2019 18.7767 +0.0715 06.12.2019 18.7052 -0.0541 05.12.2019 18.7593 -0.0224 04.12.2019 18.7817 -0.1518 03.12.2019 18.9335 +0.0231 02.12.2019 18.9104 -0.0114 01.12.2019 18.9218 -0.0002 30.11.2019 18.922 +0.0362 29.11.2019 18.8858 +0.0425 28.11.2019 18.8433 +0.0246 27.11.2019 18.8187 -0.0066 26.11.2019 18.8253 +0.0218 25.11.2019 18.8035 +0.0135 24.11.2019 18.79 -0.0062 23.11.2019 18.7962 +0.0584 22.11.2019 18.7378 -0.0023 21.11.2019 18.7401 -0.0575 20.11.2019 18.7976 +0.0633 19.11.2019 18.7343 -0.1149 18.11.2019 18.8492 +0.3359 17.11.2019 18.5133
Please note that the above exchange rate of the papua new guinea kina to the ruble is not a bank buying or selling rate. We have presented the average market rate, which is the average value between buying and selling. When planning your trip to any country, you can roughly predict the possible costs, calculate the amount of money needed for the trip. But it should be borne in mind that the real exchange rate of the Papua New Guinea kina in the country's exchange offices will be slightly different from the one given here, because. the markup when buying or selling will be set by the specific bank or exchange office you contact.
History of kina papua new guinea, useful information for tourists
National currency states of Papua New Guinea - kina. They have the international letter designation PGK, and the symbol "K". The kina is divided into 100 toya. The name of this currency is translated from the local language as "payment for food." The territory of the country was colonized by Germany, and later by Britain. So, during the years of colonization by the Germans as Money the local population used German marks. With the arrival of the British colonies in the country, the stamps were replaced by British pounds sterling. In addition to these currencies, the Australian pound has also been in circulation in Papua New Guinea, since 1906 and since 1914. In 1929, special pence and shilling coins were introduced for the Territory of New Guinea. The Japanese occupation did not pass without a trace, and a special pound was introduced in the country for its time. At the end of World War II, the Australian pound will be returned to Papua New Guinea. The national currency of the kina will be put into circulation only in 1975, after the state obtains the long-awaited independence. By January 1976, the Australian dollar will lose its solvency in the territory of independent Papua New Guinea. In April 2007, the 1 and 2 toya coins were withdrawn from circulation. Coins currently in circulation are in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50 toya, as well as 1 and 2 kinas. Among paper money used banknotes of issues of different years since 1999. These are denominations of 2 kinas, 5 kinas, 10 kinas, 20 kinas, 50 kinas and 100 kinas. The design of the bills is interesting, colorful and has a variety of images that tell about the traditions and heritage of the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea has the reputation of being almost the most expensive place on earth. According to all ratings and lists, life and travel in PNG is more expensive than in Europe, Australia or the United States. Not to mention Asia. The average tourist spends more than three hundred dollars a day in PNG!
What is the secret? Is everything really that expensive? In fact, the compilers of these ratings are the same kind of scientists who made Moscow the second most expensive city in the world, after Tokyo (and sometimes Moscow comes first!) Why? Because the ratings consider the cost of a very special life - taxi rides, living in multi-star hotels, dining in restaurants with waiters and wines, tours and trips organized by firms. In this regard, PNG is, of course, expensive.
The simplest bunkhouses (dormitory beds) cost no less than 50 kina ($20) per night; rare Internet cafes - 20-30 kinas (8-12 dollars) per hour; local flights - 300-800 kinas (120-320 dollars); meals in decent canteens where you can wash your hands (at hotels) start at 20 kin ($ 8) for a plate of rice; a glass of ice cream at Vanimo costs 6 kinas ($2.50) when available; and renting an apartment with electricity and a toilet in some shabby regional center costs more than renting the same apartment in Moscow. For all the civilized benefits listed above are available in PNG in very limited quantities, their prices are inflated - businessmen and foreigners are ready to pay ten times for the civilized services they are accustomed to and things they cannot do without.
On the other hand, everything that ordinary Papuans buy, that they use in their simple Papuan life, costs quite reasonable money. A bunch of a dozen bananas will cost 0.4-1 kinas (5-12 rubles), local canned fish - 1.5-2 kinas (18-23 rubles), a large plate of fried potatoes in the mountainous regional centers - 3-5 kinas (35-55 rubles) , 300 kilometers by bus along the main road - 50 kinas (600 rubles), which is quite comparable to the prices we are used to. At the same time, everything that a person needs (simple food, transport and lodging for the night) can get him for free, especially if the money has run out or thieves have stolen it.
So, let's remember: a decent European life is expensive, a simple Papuan life is cheap or completely free. Many Papuans do not have and do not use money at all, and, lo and behold, they live somehow!
The PNG currency is the Papuan Guinea kina (PGK). Banknotes are printed on plastic so that they do not get wet, and come in such nominations as 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 kina. On 20 kina a pig is drawn, on 50 kina the current (2011) Prime Minister Somare, on the others other national symbols. 1 kina - metal and with a hole. Metal pennies are called toya (toea) and are found in the form of 50, 20, 10 and 5 (rare). 1 Papuan kopeck has already disappeared from circulation. In conversation, locals often call kina “dollar”, thus expressing respect for it (after all, in all respected countries - in the USA, Australia and even in tiny Singapore - money is called “dollars”). If you are told the price of “fifty dolars” about some item or service, you should not always be scared - probably these are “dollars” of a local sample.
For spring-summer 2011, approx.
1 US$ = 1 AUSTR$ = 2.5 PGK,
1 PGK = 11.5 RUR (Russian rubles) = 3300 IDR (Indonesian rupees)
The Papua Guinea kina is not accepted for exchange anywhere else in the world, except for one exchanger in Jaipur. It is not accepted to pay in foreign currency in PNG. Accordingly, you need to take these kines somewhere.
In what form, in general, to import money into the country? For Papua New Guinea, there are three options.
1) The best place to buy kinas is in Jaipur. The exchanger (the only one identified, has been operating for many years) is located in Entrop, a suburb of Jaipur, Jalan Kelapa Dua Entrop, 4. Before conducting large-scale exchange operations, check the exchange rate and the availability of kin. You can also buy kinas at the border, but only on market days (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). But this is only useful for those who enter from Jaipur.
2) Cash currency money is taken in the form american dollars, euros or Australian dollars and are exchanged for Papuan kinas in any regional center, in BSP (Bank Souht Pacific) or another bank, with a large margin. Indonesian rupiah does not change in PNG.
3) There are ATMs in all regional centers. Usually the ATM is located in the BSP bank and accepts only VISA cards. For each withdrawal operation, the bank charges you an additional fee of 15 kinas (apart from the usual fee, which is negotiated by your home bank and indicated in small letters in the contract). There is a BSP bank in every city - 35 branches in the country.
Supermarkets in some cities accept credit cards, but for each purchase, the bank may deduct an additional commission from you. Stock up on cash, and change large banknotes for small ones in advance in the city - rural Papuans usually do not have change.
You can sell the extra kins left after the trip with a loss of 10% in Jaipur or at the border, on market days (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday).
It is a deep delusion to think that the country where everything is - Greece. Hellas, of course, is a respectable and pretty state, but she never dreamed of such the highest concentration of a little bit of everything in a limited area, which is observed in Papua New Guinea.
The country of the Papuans occupies one large island in half (the neighboring half is in Indonesia) and another 600 small islands - entirely. There are cities with high-rise buildings, but most of the republic is covered with virgin rainforest. Pale-faced scientists are not sure they know everything that grows, runs and flies in this forest. Rumors of encounters with unknown animals in New Guinea are as indestructible as in England - stories about ghosts.
The Papuans themselves have also been studied completely insufficiently. Not only their total number is not known for certain (the country's authorities estimate the number of their subjects at four million by eye), but even the number of languages in which these people communicate with each other. Experts counted 700 dialects in different parts of the archipelago, and God knows how many they didn’t count.
For all that, Papua New Guinea is still a modern state. Therefore, today it is not livestock and not the skulls of Christian missionaries that serve as money there, as you might have thought, but ordinary paper banknotes. Well, that is, not quite ordinary, but essentially similar to ours.
The local currency is called the kina (abbreviated designation - PGK). There is also a bargaining chip - toea. 1 kina is divided into 100 toea. Banknotes are in circulation in denominations of PGK50, 20, 10, 5 and 2, and metal coins are in denominations of 1 kina, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 toea.
There are also banks in this country, and local bankers and merchants know such advanced financial instruments as plastic cards and travelers checks. True, this is all in the cities. The further you go into the forest, where the Papuans preserve their traditional tribal lifestyle, the more unconditionally cash settlements give way to barter.
But in cities, banks change cash, service checks and credit cards (unfortunately, American Express is the most popular card here - not the most common among Russians). payment system). Jackson Field, an international airport located near the Papuan capital of Port Moresby, has an exchange office and a Duty Free shop.
The working day of banks lasts from 09:00 to 15:00 from Monday to Thursday. On Friday they work a little longer (until 17:00), and on Saturdays and Sundays they have a full weekend. Keep in mind that New Guinea celebrates a lot of different holidays: Easter, Christmas, the days of revered Christian saints, the birthday of the British Queen, Independence Day, and all sorts of local ones that have no analogues in Europe. Each such event serves as an excuse for bankers not to open their establishments.
And there is practically no black market in Papua. Local residents employed in the tourism industry sometimes charge in foreign currency, but they are reluctant to Australian dollars, with which the pockets of Russians are rarely burdened.
Traveler's checks are accepted by most shops and hotels (in cities, of course). Card payments are less common.
Inflation in New Guinea, although it takes place, does not reach the scale of a serious problem. The kina is gradually depreciating against the US dollar. Back in the middle of 1993, these two currencies were practically equal (the kina even cost a little more: 99 New Guinean kopecks were given for 1 dollar). To date, the exchange rate has slipped to PGK1.4225 per US$1.
Border currency control relatively soft, although there are still some limitations. Import from overseas foreign currency, and kinas can be in unlimited quantities. You can export back no more hard currency than it was imported. Therefore, although at the airport the border guards do not really insist on the execution of currency declarations, it is better to take care of this yourself in order to insure against misunderstandings on the way back. The export of the national Papuan currency is prohibited (although this rule is not observed too zealously).
Rather, problems may arise for those who like to carry all their home belongings with them abroad. In Papua, guests are expected to stay light. Every adult foreigner can import duty-free industrial goods with a total value of not more than PGK200 (young people under 18 - only PGK100). True, any expensive household appliances (radios, tape recorders, video recorders, video cameras, televisions and personal computers) are not counted in this amount.