Catalog
10 Pa'anga
| Issuer | Pangike Pule Fakafonua 'o Tonga / National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Printer | Note Printing Australia |
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| Reverse description | A woman engaged in the traditional craft of tapa cloth-making (milolua) is rendered at centre-left, seated on a mat with a large wooden bowl and bark-beating tools before her, set against fine guilloche wave patterns in blue tones. The transparent window at right carries an inset portrait of a former Tongan monarch, mirroring the obverse window element. The inscription NATIONAL RESERVE BANK OF TONGA runs along the top, with PA'ANGA 'E HONGOFULU and the denomination $10 completing the design. |
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| Protection type | Polymer substrate, Transparent window, Security thread |
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| Comments |
Tonga's switch to polymer began in earnest with the 2008 series, but the 2023 issues represent a continuation of that commitment rather than a new departure. Note Printing Australia has supplied Tonga's polymer notes for well over a decade, a relationship that reflects the geographic and institutional ties across the Pacific rather than any open tendering process.
Pick 52 is a relatively recent addition to the catalog; secondary market data on it remains thin. Worth noting for completeness, not rarity.