Evidence coverage: 1921–1967. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Tongan monetary authority administers local pound with Australian-pound exchange anchor.
Sources and qualifications →The Tongan local pound branched from the earlier sterling reckoning,with a separate legally administered exchange regime established in1935–1936. Original statutory research and official monetary history distinguish Tongan obligations from both sterling and Australian currency. Australian pound is the selected anchor, not demonstrated adopted predecessor.1919/1921notes remain prior sterling-issue context; Little speculation about1929not admitted.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Tongan monetary authority administers local pound with Australian-pound exchange anchor.
C1503Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
Tongan government pound notes supplemented the British currency already in use.
C939The Tongan pound moved to 1.25 per sterling pound, matching the Australian pound. A parity change, not Australian-pound ancestry.
C941Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Tongan government pound notes supplemented the British currency already in use.
Pound; 1921 and 1936 entries; Pa’anga changeover
One Tongan pound converted to two paʻanga.
Pound; 1921 and 1936 entries; Pa’anga changeover
The Tongan pound moved to 1.25 per sterling pound, matching the Australian pound. A parity change, not Australian-pound ancestry.
Pound; 1921 and 1936 entries; Pa’anga changeover
Tongan monetary authority administers local pound with Australian-pound exchange anchor.
Little pp48–49;NRBT1936entry
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Little pp48–49;NRBT1936entry
The Tongan local pound branched from the earlier sterling reckoning,with a separate legally administered exchange regime established in 1935–1936.
Little pp48–49,1935Treasury Notes Act and1936Gazette;NRBT1936chronology
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Little pp48–49,1935Treasury Notes Act and1936Gazette;NRBT1936chronology