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| Issuer | Government of Tonga |
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| Year | 1974-1989 |
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| Currency | Pa`anga (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Purple on multicolour underprint. Portrait of King Siaosi (George) Taufa`ahau Tupou IV at centre right, with the Tongan Coat of Arms at left, set against an intricate guilloche-patterned multicolour underprint. Denomination and issuing authority inscriptions appear in both Tongan and English. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in purple and green, the reverse centres on a large intaglio vignette of the Haʻamonga-a-Maui trilithon stone gate framed by tropical vegetation, with figures in the foreground. A large guilloche rosette in purple occupies the right panel, with the denomination T$5 appearing twice in purple at upper and lower right. An intricate purple guilloche border frames the entire composition. |
| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF TONGA THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT 5 PA`ANGA |
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