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1 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV 75th Birthday
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Facing uniformed bust of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV in military dress uniform, adorned with epaulettes, a ceremonial sash, and multiple orders and decorations across his chest. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. A beaded inner border frames the portrait, with the circumscribed legend reading '75TH BIRTHDAY OF HIS MAJESTY' above and 'KING TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV' below, separated by raised bullet stops. |
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| Obverse lettering | 75th BIRTHDAY OF HIS MAJESTY • KING TAUFA`AHAU TUPOU IV • |
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Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, who ruled Tonga from 1965 until his death in 2006, was for a period officially recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's heaviest monarch — a distinction his government eventually discouraged publicizing. By 1993, Tonga's commemorative silver program had become a significant source of foreign exchange revenue, with issues marketed almost entirely to overseas collectors rather than domestic circulation. This piece never meaningfully passed through Tongan hands as currency.