Vorderseite: Porträt des ehemaligen Königs von Tonga, Taufa’ahau Tupou IV. (1918-2006); Landes­wappen.
Rückseite: Gebäude der Tonga-Entwicklungsbank in der tonganischen Hauptstadt Nuku'alofa.

Front side: Portrait of the former king of Tonga, Taufa’ahau Tupou IV. (1918-2006); Tonga's coat of arms.
Back side: Bulding of the Tonga Development Bank in Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa.

B201a

Dated 1 Siulai 19891 July 1989.
Signatures of Tu'i Pelehake (as PALEMIA 'O TONGA) and J. Cecil Cocker (as MINISITA PA'ANGA). Portrait of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. as watermark. Solid security thread. Cross as registration device. Two horizontal 6-digit serial numbers on the front side. Both are printed in black, have an alphanumeric fractional prefix and digits of the same size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.

Remarks

Introduced to commemorate the inauguration of the National Reserve Bank of Tonga in 1989.

The bold text at the beginning of the description of every variety indicates those elements, which are necessary to identify the correct variety (if any) without any doubt. The date or the remark Not dated is always given.
[Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (P-30); Banknote Book (B201)]