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100 Pa'anga - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Olympic Games
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the full royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Tonga, featuring a shield quartered with stars, a dove, a cross, and crossed swords surmounted by a royal crown, flanked by two Tongan national flags on staffs. A scroll beneath the shield bears the Tongan motto 'KO E 'OTUA MO TONGA KO HOKU TOFIA'. The legend KINGDOM OF TONGA arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, and the date 1993 appears in the lower field, all rendered in high relief against a polished proof surface. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Tonga's 1993 Olympic issue was struck ahead of the 1996 Atlanta Games, part of a wave of small-nation gold commemoratives that flooded the market through the late 1980s and 1990s as Pacific and Caribbean states discovered licensing arrangements with the IOC could generate hard currency with minimal overhead. The National Reserve Bank of Tonga issued several such pieces under Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, whose reign saw the kingdom aggressively pursue numismatic revenue programs largely administered through foreign minting agents.
The .5833 fineness — 14-karat — is characteristic of budget commemorative gold from this period, keeping metal costs low while retaining marketability.