20 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV

Features

Issuer	Tonga
Bank emisyjny	Pangike Pule Fakafonua 'o Tonga
Król	Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1965-2006)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1995
Value	20 Paʻanga 20 TOP = USD 8.31
Currency	Pa'anga (1967-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	150 × 70 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Number	N# 330471
References	P# 35 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 210a2 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

Series: ND (1995) "King Taufa'ahau" Issue

Obverse

(en) Orange and multicolor. King in new design at center right, arms at right. Two signatures with Tongan titles beneath.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
PULE 'ANGA
'O TONGA

PALEMIA 'O TONGA
MINISITA PA'ANGA

PANGIKE PULE FAKAFONUA O' TONGA

PA' ANGA 'E
UOFULU

Reverse

Budynek Tonga Development Bank, Nuku'Alofa Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
NATIONAL RESERVE BANK of TONGA
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER IN TONGA
TONGA DEVELOPMENT BANK
20 PA'ANGA

Watermark

Portret króla Taufa'ahau w nowej szacie graficznej Automatically translated

Signatures

Baron Vaea von Houma (BVH)	Prime Minister
James Cecil Cocker (JCC)	Minister Finansów
Prince Ulukalala (PU)	Prime Minister
Kinikinilau Tutoatasi Fakafanua (KTF)	Minister Finansów
Siosiua Tuitalukua Tupou 'Utoikamanu (STTU)	Minister Finansów

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

(en)

Series C/1 500000 - C/1 999999 features UV rectangle with "20" inside

For a similar note issued by Komisiona Pa'anga (Currency Commission) see Tonga P#23
For a similar earlier note with signatures Baron Vaea von Houma & J. C. Cocker, series C/1 100001 - C/1 499999 and UV six-pointed star left of the king see Tonga P#29
For a commemorative overprint in watermark area see Tonga P#30

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Date	Signatures	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1995)	BVH, JCC	$ 19	P# 35a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: C/1 (500.000-999.999)	40%
ND (1995)	PU, KTF		P# 35b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: C/2	20%
ND (1995)	PU, STTU	$ 12	P# 35c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Prefix: C/2	60%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 111 Lot 46	30 Jan 2024	ND (1995) BVH, JCC – P# 35a – (en) Prefix: C/1 (500.000-999.999)	UNC	USD 18.60 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 99 Lot 2591	31 Oct 2023	ND (1995) BVH, JCC – P# 35a – (en) Prefix: C/1 (500.000-999.999)	UNC	USD 26.73 (EUR 23.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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