Catalog
1 Pound
| Issuer | Government of Tonga |
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| Year | 1956-1966 |
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| Currency | Pound (1921-1967) |
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| Obverse description | Red on multicolour underprint. The Tongan Coat of Arms is centrally positioned, flanked by vignettes of coconut palm trees at left and right. The note carries the issuing authority title and legal tender clause in typeset lettering. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on plain white paper. The centre is occupied by an elaborate symmetrical guilloche rosette pattern composed of interlocking hexagonal and floral lathe-work medallions. Denomination appears in each corner as '£1' at upper left and lower right, and 'ONE' at upper right and lower left, all in bold serif lettering. |
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| Variants | P#11a - 03.05.1940, 30.04.1941, 01.12.1941, 14.02.1942, 11.03.1942, 20.04.1942, 04.08.1942, 07.11.1944, 28.11.1944, 12.11.1945, 28.04.1946,, 06.05.1946, 24.09.1946, 04.08.1947, 07.02.1949 & 03.04.1950 P#11b - 15.06.1951, 20.07.1951, 11.09.1951, 27.08.1953, 03.05.1954, 06.09.1954 & 19.09.1955 P#11c - 02.05.1956, 11.09.1956, 22.07.1957, 18.11.1957, 19.12.1957, 10.12.1958, 14.08.1959, 13.10.1959, 30.11.1959, 24.10.1960 & 12.12.1961 P#11d - 28.11.1962, 20.07.1964, 30.10.1964, 29.04.1965, 02.11.1965, 22.06.1965, 17.08.1965, 07.10.1965, 26.04.1966, 27.09.1966 & 03.11.1966 P#11e - 02.12.1966 |
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