Catalog
2 Pa'anga
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light red on multicolour underprint. Central vignette of King Tupou VI in formal portrait to right, flanked by guilloche patterning; the Tongan coat of arms appears to the left. Bilingual text in English and Tongan frames the design, with a medallion device incorporated into the composition. |
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| Reverse description | Light red on multicolour underprint. Central vignette of a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching the ocean surface; bilingual inscriptions in English and Tongan border the design. A 1.4 mm windowed security thread with demetalized NRBT lettering runs vertically through the note. |
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Thomas De La Rue has printed Tongan currency for decades, and this 2023 issue continues that relationship without interruption. The cotton substrate with watermark and security thread places it firmly in De La Rue's mid-tier security specification — adequate for a low-denomination note in a small Pacific island economy where cash handling volumes are modest and counterfeiting pressure historically low.
The Pa'anga has been Tonga's currency since 1967, replacing the Pound at par with the Australian dollar at introduction.