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1 Pa'anga
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of King Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupou V in military dress uniform, adorned with medals and decorations, occupies the right half of the note against a fine guilloche underprint. To the left, a large circular rosette guilloche in green tones dominates the centre, with the denomination "Pa'anga 'e Taha" inscribed below it. Two facsimile signatures appear at the lower centre, attributed to the Prime Minister (Palemia 'o Tonga) and Minister of Finance (Minisita Pa'anga), with the royal coat of arms at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Tonga's National Reserve Bank was established only in 1989, taking over central banking functions from the government treasury — which means this entire note series is relatively young by Pacific Island standards. De La Rue's involvement here is unsurprising; the firm has printed for Tonga across multiple series going back decades, and the P#37 issue continues that unbroken relationship.
The security package on this note is modest: watermark and thread only, with none of the optically variable ink or color-shifting features De La Rue was applying to higher-denomination Pacific notes around the same period. That reflects denomination economics, not oversight.