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10 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Destruction of the English Privateer 'Port-au-Prince'
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dramatic scene commemorating the destruction of the English privateer Port-au-Prince in Tongan waters. At centre-left, the stricken three-masted vessel is shown capsizing amid stylised waves, its masts and rigging in disarray. To the right, a standing Tongan figure draped in traditional garment observes the scene from shore. In the lower field, scattered items including a palm frond, rocks, and vegetation evoke the shoreline setting. The curved legend GOLD TROOPSHIP PORT-AU-PRINCE arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination TEN PAʻANGA appears in the lower exergual area, all within a plain border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1998 - Proof - 25,000 |
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