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2 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau
| Issuer | Government of Tonga |
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| Year | 1974-1989 |
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| Value | 2 Paʻanga (2 TOP) |
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| Obverse description | Red on multicolour underprint. Portrait of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV at right, with the Royal Coat of Arms of Tonga at left. Denomination and issuing authority inscribed in both Tongan and English. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Tonga's government-issued notes of this period were an anomaly in the Pacific — most regional contemporaries had moved to central bank structures, but Tonga retained direct government issue until the National Reserve Bank was established in 1989, which defines the closing boundary of this series. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing throughout, a relationship common to many British-sphere Pacific territories long after independence.
The fifteen-year print run under a single pick number almost certainly covers multiple signature combinations, and date-specific examples command different attention from specialists.