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1 Paʻanga Rugby World Cup - Touchdown
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 1 Paʻanga 1 TOP = RSD 43 |
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| Obverse lettering | KINGDOM OF TONGA KO E OTUA MO TONGA KO HOKU TOFI'A 1997 |
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| Mintage | 1997 - Proof - 5,000 |
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Tonga's rugby program punched well above its weight in the 1990s, qualifying for the 1999 World Cup and consistently troubling larger Pacific rivals. The National Reserve Bank issued a run of commemorative silver pieces ahead of the 1999 tournament — this being among them, dated 1997 to allow distribution lead time. Mintages for Tongan commemoratives of this period were typically modest, driven almost entirely by collector export demand rather than domestic circulation.