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10 Pa'anga
| Issuer | Government of Tonga |
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| Year | 1973-1981 |
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| Value | 10 Paʻanga |
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| Obverse lettering | PULE` ANGA `O TONGA 6th December, 1973 10 PA`ANGA KOMISIONA PA`ANGA PA` ANGA `E HONGOFULU (Translation: Government of Tonga December 6th., 1973 10 Pa`anga Commissioners of amount Ten Pa`anga) |
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| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF TONGA 10 PA`ANGA THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT |
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Tonga's Government — not a central bank — issued this series directly through the Treasury, an arrangement that persisted until the National Reserve Bank of Tonga was established in 1989. Thomas De La Rue printed the notes throughout the run, and the series remained in use across nearly a decade without a major design revision, which is unusual for a Pacific issuer navigating the currency volatility of the 1970s.
The pa'anga itself only came into existence in 1967, replacing the Tongan pound at par with the Australian dollar.