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10 Pa'anga
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait watermark of King Taufa`ahau Tupou IV, visible in the blank circular window panels on both the obverse and reverse |
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Pick 34 carries three distinct signature combinations, reflecting the revolving cast of officials who held the relevant posts at the National Reserve Bank through the mid-to-late 1990s. Baron Vaea von Houma served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991 to 2000, so his appearance on banknotes of this period is consistent — his co-signatories changed as the bank's senior staff turned over.
Tonga's currency has been pegged to a basket of foreign currencies since the mid-1970s, and De La Rue has supplied the kingdom's notes for decades, making this a thoroughly routine production run — the signature variants are the only meaningful differentiator between specimens within the series.