The 2018 top-series holds the same security features and design elements of the 2015 King Tupou VI Banknote Series with the following amendments:
1) Updated Signatures on the Front side of the %50 Banknote
2) Coronation Text Removes on the Reverse side of the $50 Banknote
The release date is scheduled for the 2nd week of August 2020.
| 2015 Series - $50 Banknote | 2018 Series - $50 Banknote |
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The general public is hereby reminded that all King George Tupou V Banknote Series will remain in circulation and will co-circulate with the current 2015 & 2018 King Tupou VI Banknote Series.
Old recalled $50 banknotes depicting the portrait of His Majesty the late King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV and all $1 banknotes can be redeemed for the same amount at the National Reserve Bank of Tonga.
