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Tongan pound

Tongan pound: a historical unit of account.

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
Ancestry branch
Sterling

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Tongan pound: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS Pound sterlingPound sterling 1935–1936 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1935–1936 Tongan paʻangaTongan paʻanga 1967-04-03 · DocumentedOne Tongan pound converted to two paʻanga.Documented connection · 1967-04-03 · One Tongan pound converted to two paʻanga. Tongan poundTongan pound Currency history

The story

One Tongan pound converted to two paʻanga. [1]

The Tongan pound moved to 1.25 per sterling pound, matching the Australian pound. A parity change, not Australian-pound ancestry. [2]

Turning points

Account-unit observation

Tongan monetary authority administers local pound with Australian-pound exchange anchor. [3]

Sources and evidence

  1. National Reserve Bank of Tonga · History of the Tongan Pa'anga C940 ↗
  2. National Reserve Bank of Tonga · History of the Tongan Pa'anga C941 ↗
  3. Cameron C. Little · The Tongan Currency Board,1935–1989 (2020); National Reserve Bank of Tonga · History of the Tongan Pa'anga C1503 ↗

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“Tongan pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000187.html

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