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1 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 31.47 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A full-length effigy of Queen Elizabeth II seated in ceremonial robes upon the Coronation throne, rendered in fine relief against a mirror-field background, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER arcs along the upper periphery, while THE CORONATION OF ELIZABETH II 1953 appears in the mid-field, and the denomination ONE PA`ANGA is inscribed in the lower exergual area. |
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Tonga issued this coin in 1996 to mark the 40th anniversary of Elizabeth II's coronation — a notable gesture given that Tonga was never a British Crown Colony but a protected state, retaining its own monarchy throughout. The relationship between the Tongan royal house and the British Crown was close enough that Taufa'ahau Tupou IV attended the 1953 coronation in person, one of the few reigning monarchs present that day in Westminster Abbey.