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1/2 Hau - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV WWF
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Value | 1/2 Hau |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned bust of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV facing right, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the facial features. The effigy occupies the central field, shown with a plain collar. The legend arcs around the periphery, reading TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV in the upper portion and WWF 25TH ANNIVERSARY in the lower portion, separated by raised dot stops. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The World Wildlife Fund struck a series of commemorative coin agreements with Pacific island nations throughout the 1980s, using the prestige of gold issues to fund conservation campaigns. Tonga's participation produced several WWF-linked pieces during Tupou IV's reign, a monarch who ruled for over four decades and lent his name to an unusually large number of collector-oriented issues.
Fr#33 confirms this as a recognized Franc reference type — uncommon attribution for a Pacific gold, and a reminder that Tonga's numismatic output was being catalogued through multiple international frameworks simultaneously.