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10 Pa'anga
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Predominantly blue on a multicolour underprint. A central vignette of King Tupou VI faces to the right within a decorative medallion, flanked by the Tongan coat of arms. Bilingual inscriptions in English and Tongan appear above and below, with the denomination stated in numerals and text. |
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| Reverse description | Predominantly blue on a multicolour underprint. The central vignette illustrates Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku'aho participating in the traditional Kava ceremony known as Milolua, rendered in fine detail. Bilingual English and Tongan inscriptions accompany the design, with a simulated security thread integrated into the composition. |
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Tonga's switch to polymer for this denomination follows a broader Pacific trend — the Reserve Bank made the transition partly in response to the islands' humid climate, which degrades cotton-fibre notes unusually fast given low circulation velocity in outer island communities. De La Rue's polymer substrate here carries a simulated security thread, a visual mimicry of the metallic windowed threads used on higher-security issues rather than an actual embedded feature — a cost-driven compromise that collectors and counterfeiters alike have noted.
TBB#227 is recent enough that secondary market data remains thin.