Vorderseite: Porträt des ehemaligen Königs von Tonga, George Tupou V. (1948-2012); Landes­wappen.
Rückseite: Gebäude der Nationalbank Tongas in der tonganischen Hauptstadt Nuku'alofa; Medaillon.

Front side: Portrait of the former king of Tonga, George Tupou V. (1948-2012); Coat of arms of Tonga.
Back side: National Reverve Bank of Tonga building in the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa; Medallion.

B216a

Not dated. Signatures of Sevele and Matoto.
Signatures of Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele (as PALEMIA 'O TONGA) and 'Otenifi Afu'alo Matoto (as MINISITA PA'ANGA). Portrait of King George Tupou V., electrotype NRBT and cornerstones as watermark. Colour shifting windowed security thread with demetalized text on the front side. Cross as registration device. One black horizontal and one red vertical 6-digit serial number on the front side. Both have a single letter prefix and digits of increasing size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.

B216b

Not dated. Signatures of Lord Tu'ivakano and 'Akolo.
Signatures of Siale 'Ataongo Kaho, Lord Tu'ivakano (as PALEMIA 'O TONGA) and Lisiate 'Aloveita 'Akolo (as MINI­SITA PA'ANGA). Portrait of King George Tupou V., electrotype NRBT and cornerstones as watermark. Colour shifting windowed security thread with demetalized text on the front side. Cross as registration device. One black horizontal and one red vertical 6-digit serial number on the front side. Both have a single letter prefix and digits of increasing size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.

Remarks

Introduced on 21. January 2009.

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-41); Banknote Book (B216)]