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2 Pa'anga - Tāufaʻahau Tupou IV FAO, silver proof
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Weight | 42.1 g |
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| Obverse lettering | F·A·O TONGA 1981 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued under the FAO's ongoing "Food for All" program, this proof was struck the same year Tonga was quietly pushing to diversify its agricultural exports beyond copra — a crop that had dominated the island economy for over a century. The FAO series gave Pacific microstates an unusual platform: internationally distributed numismatic items that doubled as soft-power statements about food security and development ambitions few outside the region paid attention to.
The .999 fine specification, rather than the more common .925, points to a deliberate collector-market decision by the issuing authority.