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1 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Rolls Royce Cars
| Issuer | Government of Tonga |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse lettering | · TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV · TONGA · 1985 |
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| Mintage | 1985 - Proof - 10,000 |
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Taufa'ahau Tupou IV had a well-documented obsession with Rolls-Royce motorcars, and this issue commemorates that enthusiasm directly — an unusual case of a reigning monarch commissioning coinage to celebrate his own personal interests. Tonga produced numerous collector-targeted issues throughout the 1980s under licensing arrangements designed to generate foreign exchange revenue, and this piece sits firmly in that commercial program rather than in any ceremonial or historical necessity.
Silver-plated copper-nickel was the workhorse composition of such issues, struck for the international coin market rather than domestic circulation.