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5 Seniti - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV FAO
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1975-1979 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A hen standing in profile to the left occupies the central field, rendered in fine relief with detailed feathering; five chicks are depicted beneath her, foraging along a ground line. The legend TONGA arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin capitals, and the date 1975 appears in the lower field below the ground line. |
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| Reverse description | A bunch of bananas, depicted in bold high relief, dominates the central field with five fingers arranged in a fan-like composition tied at the base. The Tongan legend FAKALAHI ME`AKAI arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin capitals, while the denomination 5 SENITI is inscribed along the lower periphery, together conveying the FAO slogan meaning 'Grow more food'. |
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Tonga's participation in the FAO coinage program of the 1970s placed the kingdom among dozens of developing nations that issued circulating currency explicitly tied to agricultural development messaging — a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization initiative that ran from the late 1960s through the 1980s and produced some of the most thematically specific coins of the postwar era. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, who reigned from 1965 until his death in 2006, was an active proponent of economic modernization, and Tonga's alignment with FAO programming fit that broader policy direction.