Papua New Guinea 5 Toea coin pendant Pig-nosed sea turtle Port Moresby n001318

Description: Papua New Guinea 5 Toea {2002-2014} 5S FEATURINGfront: Pig nosed turtle swimming. Also known as the pitted-shelled turtle or Fly River turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. back: bird of paradisenational emblem of Papua New Guinea consists of a bird-of-paradise over a traditional spear and a kundu drum. The Raggiana bird-of-paradise, (Paradisaea raggiana) also known as Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae. It is distributed widely in southern and northeastern New Guinea, where its name is kumul. It is also known as cenderawasih. As requested by Count Luigi Maria D'Albertis, the epithet raggiana commemorates the Marquis Francis Raggi of Genoa. The Raggiana bird-of-paradise is the national bird of Papua New Guinea. In 1971 this species, as Gerrus paradisaea, was made the national emblem and was included on the national flag.[2] 'The Kumuls' ("birds-of-paradise" in Tok Pisin) is also the nickname of the country's national rugby league team. • quantity 1• polished Copper-nickel coin• diameter: 19.53 mm• weight: 2.83 g• comes with a 24" stainless steel ball chain {2.5mm thick, lightweight 5 g} Papua New Guinea coin pendant necklace jewelry pig nosed sea turtle Raggiana bird of paradise Port Moresby Kumuls Kavieng Tok Pisin Kimbe Bay Tufi Oceania Austronesian Melanesians Lae Arawa Mount Hagen Hiri Motu language Kundu drum kumul paradise birdwing

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