4 Shillings

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Legenda del dritto	FOUR SHILLINGS GOVERNMENT OF TONGA TREASURY NOTE THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOUR SHILLINGS FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT 19th May, 1939. FOUR
Descrizione del rovescio	Brown. The reverse is dominated by an elaborate central guilloche medallion composed of interlocking floral and geometric rosette patterns, radiating outward in a symmetrical arrangement. The denomination appears in all four corners, rendered alternately as "4/s" in the upper-left and lower-right, and "FOUR" in the upper-right and lower-left.
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Commenti	The Tongan pa'anga system was not yet in place when this note circulated — Tonga retained British-style pounds, shillings, and pence until decimalisation in 1967, which makes a 4 Shilling denomination a direct reflection of local commercial custom rather than any standard British template. The denomination has no parallel in sterling practice; it emerged from Tonga's own pricing habits. De La Rue printed this series across a thirty-year window without significant design revision, an unusually long plate life even by colonial issuing standards.