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50 Pa'anga Coronation
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
| Protection description | Portrait watermark of King Tupou VI and the letters 'NRBT'; OPTIKS security thread. |
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Issued to mark the coronation of King Tupou VI in July 2015, this note was part of Tonga's first polymer-adjacent issue — the hybrid substrate was a deliberate step toward full polymer adoption without committing to it outright. De La Rue's hybrid material bonds a polymer core between paper layers, offering improved durability while retaining the feel that cash-handling infrastructure in smaller Pacific economies was already calibrated for.
The coronation series replaced the preceding Tupou V notes, which had themselves been issued only a few years earlier following his 2008 accession. Tonga's rapid succession of commemorative currency in that decade reflects the monarchy's use of note issue as a tool of dynastic visibility.