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5 Pa'anga
| Issuer | Pangike Pule Fakafonua 'o Tonga / National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central intaglio portrait of King Tupou VI in formal military dress with medals, set against a purple guilloche underprint. To the left, a secondary vignette shows a portrait of a previous monarch within a circular frame alongside the numeral 5 and a decorative star motif. The royal coat of arms appears to the right, with the serial number printed twice in the upper right and lower left areas, and two signature facsimiles accompanied by the titles PALEMIA 'O TONGA and MINISITA PAANGA at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Polymer substrate, Clear window, Security thread |
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Tonga's switch to polymer for this denomination reflects Note Printing Australia's long-standing regional dominance — the Craigieburn facility has supplied polymer currency to Pacific island nations since the 1990s, partly on the strength of the substrate's performance in humid, salt-air environments where cotton-paper notes deteriorate rapidly. The P#51 designation places this squarely in the current redesign series, which updated the full range of Pa'anga denominations through the early 2020s.
The clear window is integral to the polymer base rather than applied separately — a distinction that matters for authentication, since delamination around inserted windows is a known vulnerability in some competing polymer formats.