Catalog
5 Pa'anga
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Pa`anga (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Purple and violet intaglio-printed note with a portrait of King Tupou VI at right, set against a guilloche underprint. The Royal Coat of Arms appears at lower right, while a 1.4 mm windowed security thread with demetalized NRBT text runs vertically through the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | KINGDOM OF TONGA 5 PA`ANGA `E NIMA PANGIKE PULE FAKAFONUA `O TONGA (Translation: Kingdom of Tonga Five Pa`anga National Reserve Bank of Tonga) |
| Reverse description | Purple and violet on a multicolour underprint. The central vignette presents a perspective view of the ancient royal burial mounds (ʻLangi') near Muʻa on Tongatapu, rendered in fine intaglio line work. To the right, a large radiating sunburst guilloche surrounds a circular medallion inscribed 'OKU 'IHE 'OTUA 'A LOCA', with palm trees and further archaeological structures visible in the background; a guilloche rosette with the denomination numeral '$5' appears at lower left. |
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