ʻOsi tuku ʻa e ngāueʻaki ʻo e paʻanga fakapilitānia, ko e silini mo e peni ʻi 1921, naʻe fakahū ki tuʻa ʻe he puleʻanga ni ʻa e ngaahi laʻi sōvaleni (sovereign pound) fakatonga. Naʻe pulusi ia ʻe he falepaaki Thomas Delarue Limited ʻi Pilitānia. Naʻe fakafetuʻutaki ʻa e sōvaleni ki he sōvaleni fakapilitānia. Naʻe liliu ʻi 1936: naʻe fakafetuʻutaki ia ki he sōvaleni ʻAositelēlia.