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The pa'anga (or Tongan dollar) is the currency of the The Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, about a third of the way between New Zealand and Hawaii. It lies south of Samoa and east of Fiji. National motto: Ko e Otua mo Tonga ko hoku tofia; God and Tonga are my heritage Official... Kingdom of Tonga. It is controlled by National Reserve Bank of Tonga (Pangike Pule Fakafonua 'o Tonga) in Nuku'alofa. The pa'anga is not convertible and pegged to a basket of currencies comprising the Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/ Oceania. It also includes a number of secondary islands, the largest of which is Tasmania, an Australian State. Australia is... Australian, For alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). New Zealand is a country formed of two major islands and a number of Pacific Ocean. A common Māori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, popularly translated as Land of the Long White Cloud. New Zealand also maintains responsibility for the... New Zealand, and The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii... United States dollars and the Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area - Total - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0.8% Population - Total ( 2004) - Density Ranked 10th 127,333,002 337/km² GDP - Total (PPP, 2005) - Total (nominal) ... Japanese yen.

One pa'anga equals one hundred seniti, the ISO 4217 is an international standard describing three letter codes to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization or ISO. The first two letters of the code are the two letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (which are similar to those used... ISO code is TOP and the usual abbreviation is T$ (¢ for seniti). In Tonga the pa'anga is referred to in English just as dollar and the seniti as cent. There is also the unit of hau (1 hau = 100 pa'anga), but this is not used in every day life and can only be found on commemorative coins of higher denominations.

Contents

1 Name and history

2 Bank notes

3 Coins

4 Pictures of the bank notes

5 External links

Name and history

The name pa'anga derives from bean-shaped playing pieces. When the crew of the Port-au-Prince sank their ship in Events January 8 - Cape Colony becomes a British colony January 10 - Dutch in Cape Town surrender to the British January 19 - The United Kingdom occupies the Cape of Good Hope February 6 - Royal Navy victory off Santo Domingo - see:Action of 6 February 1806 March 23 - After traveling through the... 1806 to prevent it from being taken by the attacking Tongans, Finau 'Ulukalala, chief of Ha'apai, could not find any valuables in the remains and decided to burn it down. It was later that William Mariner, the only survivor of this attack, told him that the pieces of metal resembling pa'anga were of great value.

When Tonga introduced Decimal currency is a currency for which the ratio between the basic unit of currency and its sub-unit is a power of ten. In practice this usually means that 100 of the sub-unit make up one of the basic unit, but currencies divided into 1000 sub-units also... decimal currency, it decided not to call the main unit the Alternate uses: Dollar (disambiguation) The dollar is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies and other regions (see list below). It is represented by the symbol $. The name is related to the historic currencies Tolar in Bohemia, Thaler in Germany, Daalder in the Netherlands and Daler in... dollar because the native word, tola, translated into a Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. It has been a domesticated animal for approximately 5,000 to 7,000 years. The animal is found across Europe, the Middle East... pig's snout, the soft end of a Binomial name Cocos nucifera L. The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera), is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4-6 m long, with pinnae 60-90 cm... coconut, or, in vulgar language, a The mouth, also known as the buccal cavity or the oral cavity, is the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. It is usually located in the head, but not always; the mouth of a planarium is in the middle of its belly. Most animals have a... mouth. Pa'anga, on the other hand, translated into money.

Mariner also passed down the following statement of Finau 'Ulukalala:

If money were made of iron and could be converted into knives, axes and chisels there would be some sense in placing a value on it; but as it is, I see none. If a man has more yams than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork. [...] Certainly money is much handier and more convenient but then, as it will not spoil by being kept, people will store it up instead of sharing it out as a chief ought to do, and thus become selfish. [...] I understand now very well what it is that makes the papalangis [white men] so selfish — it is this money!

Bank notes

Bank notes come in denominations of one, two, five, ten, twenty and fifty pa'anga. The obverse is held in Tongan is an Austronesian language spoken in Tonga. It has 100,000 speakers and is a national language of Tonga. It is a VSO language. (Tonga is a Bantu language spoken in Malawi.) Tongan is one of the many tongues in the Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages, along with... Tongan language and shows the portrait of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. The reverse is in The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. It is the third most common first language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence... English language and shows typical motive and landmarks of Tonga (for instance the Ha'amonga Maui Trilithon, the royal palace, the Tongan Development Bank and the Port of Vava'u).

Coins

Coins come in denominations of one, two, five, ten, twenty and fifty seniti. On the 50¢, 20¢ and 10¢ coins you can again find the king's image. On the 5¢ coin shows a hen with chicks, the 2¢ coin the symbol of the United Nations program for planned families and the 1¢ coin corn. On the reverse you can find a plant and the writing Fakalahi me'akai (Tongan, "More food"); these plants are in declining order: tomatoes, yams, banana, coconuts, taro and vanilla. A specialty is the dodecagonal 50¢ coin (all other coins are round).

Beneath the coins mentioned above there are also some old T$1,T$2 and T$3 coins circulating, but these are considered to be collector's item.

Pictures of the bank notes

Description: 1 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... Description: 1 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... 1 Pa'anga front	Description: 1 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... Description: 1 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... 1 Pa'anga back
Description: 2 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... Description: 2 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... 2 Pa'anga front	Description: 2 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... Description: 2 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... 2 Pa'anga back
Description: 5 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... Description: 5 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... 5 Pa'anga front	Description: 5 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... Description: 5 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur... 5 Pa'anga back
Description: 10 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... Description: 10 Paanga (TOP) bank note (front) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... 10 Pa'anga front	Description: 10 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... Description: 10 Paanga (TOP) bank note (back) Source: http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise Author: Ron Wise License: Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. Click on date to download the file or see the... 10 Pa'anga back

External links

National Reserve Bank of Tonga (http://www.reservebank.to/)

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Bank notes

Coins

Pictures of the bank notes

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Name and history