5 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahua

Issuer	National Reserve Bank of Tonga
Year	1995
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Intaglio portrait of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV in military dress uniform with decorations, set within an elaborate guilloche vignette at centre-right, against a purple and lilac underprint. The royal arms of Tonga appear at upper right, flanked by foliate ornaments, while a large circular guilloche rosette occupies the left field. Two authorising signatures appear below the portrait, accompanied by their respective Tongan-language title inscriptions.
Obverse lettering	PULE 'ANGA 'O TONGA PA'ANGA'E NIMA $5 PALEMIA 'O TONGA MINISITA PA'ANGA PANGIKE PULE FAKAFONUA 'O TONGA
Reverse description	Central vignette of the Ha'amonga 'a Maui trilithon stone gateway, a massive ancient coral limestone arch set amid tropical vegetation with a small figure standing beside it for scale. A decorative Tongan tapa-cloth pattern border runs along the lower margin, with a numeral 5 and denomination text at lower right. A circular watermark window occupies the upper right corner.
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