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Currency history

Tongan paʻanga

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
TOP
Ancestry branch
Sterling

Its place in the family

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Tongan paʻanga: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Tongan poundTongan pound 1967 · DocumentedOne Tongan pound converted to two paʻanga.Documented connection · 1967 · One Tongan pound converted to two paʻanga. Tongan paʻangaTongan paʻanga TOP No successor is established here.

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Tongan paʻanga

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Children 0

No successor is established here.

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Roman as–denarius accounting

Earlier as reckoning; denarius introduced c. 211 BC; accounts continue into late antiquity

Earlier ancestry is not established here.

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The story

On April 3, 1967 the pa'anga replaced the pound at two pa'anga per pound. [1]

Turning points

Decimal currency replacement

One Tongan pound converted to two paʻanga. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. National Reserve Bank of Tonga · History of the Tongan Pa'anga
  2. National Reserve Bank of Tonga · History of the Tongan Pa'anga

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“Tongan paʻanga.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000188.html

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