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2 Pa'anga

Issuing authority: National Reserve Bank of Tonga

Original size: 150 x 70 mm

TO - B207

Banknote design copyright by the National Reserve Bank of Tonga

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Vorderseite: Porträt des ehemaligen Königs von Tonga, Taufa’ahau Tupou IV. (1918-2006); Landes­wappen.
Rückseite: Vier Frauen stellen Stoff (Tapa) aus Rindenbast des Maulbeerbaumes her.

Front side: Portrait of the former king of Tonga, Taufa’ahau Tupou IV. (1918-2006); Coat of arms of Tonga.
Back side: Four women making cloth (tapa) using fibres made from the bark of the mulberry tree.

B207a

Not dated. Signatures of von Houma and Cocker.
Signatures of Baron Vaea von Houma (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.

B207b

Not dated. Signatures of von Houma and Fakafanua.
Signatures of Baron Vaea von Houma (as PALEMIA 'O TONGA) and K. Tutoatasi Fakafanua (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.

B207c

Not dated. Signatures of Ata and Fakafanua.
Signatures of 'Ulukalala Lavata Ata (as PALEMIA 'O TONGA) and K. Tutoatasi Fakafanua (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.

B207d

Not dated. Signatures of Ata and 'Utoikamanu.
Signatures of 'Ulukalala Lavata Ata (as PALEMIA 'O TONGA) and Siosiua T. T. 'Utoikamanu (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 in 1995.