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Tonga (Friendly Islands) banknotes
Tonga paper money catalog and Tongan currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • British currency, 1900-1921
  • Tonga Pound = (Australian Pound) = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence, till 1921-1966
  • Tonga Pa'anga = (Australian Dollar) = (1/2 Tonga Pound) = 100 Senti, from 1966

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Pick #	Date
		Kingdom, British Protectorate 1900-1970
1-4	1921-33	4, 10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
5-8	1936-39	4, 10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
9-12	1940-66	4, 10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
13-17	1967-73	1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10 pa'anga
18-23	1974-89	1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 pa'anga
24	1988-89	50 pa'anga; (1988.07.04 commemorative King's Birthday)
25-29	(1992)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20 pa'anga
30	1989	20 pa'anga; commemorative "National Bank of Tonga"
31-36	(1995)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 pa'anga
37-43	(2008)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 pa'anga
44-	(2015)	2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 50, 100 pa'anga

		Collector Series
CS1	1978	1, 2, 5, 10 pa'anga; specimen (Franklin Mint)