Vorderseite: Porträt des ehemaligen Königs von Tonga, George Tupou V. (1948-2012); Landes­wappen.
Rückseite: Hafen der Vava'u-Inseln im Norden Tongas; Medaillon.

Front side: Portrait of the former king of Tonga, George Tupou V. (1948-2012); Coat of arms of Tonga.
Back side: Harbour of the Vava'u islands in the northern part of Tonga; Medallion.

B218a

Not dated.
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. Wide OPTIKSA OPTIKS window is a complex security element consisting of a security thread, a window in the substrate and a transparent polymer strip covering that hole. security thread. 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, on hybrid substrate.

Remarks

Introduced on 30. July 2008.

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-43); Banknote Book (B218)]