Currency Kina (PGK)
Facial value 0,20
Years of issue 2004 – 2010
Metal Nickel plated steel
Ø in mm 28,6
Art.-No. PG00.20A
Price EUR  45,00

Dwarf cassowary or Bennett’s cassowary. It’s is a large bird but slightly smaller than other living cassowaries. This flightless bird is between 1 and 1.5 m long and weighs between 18 and 26 kg. It is distributed throughout mountain forests of New Guinea, New Britain, and Yapen Island, at elevations up to 3,300 m.