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5 Seniti - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV FAO
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1981-1996 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | FAKALAHI ME`AKAI 5 SENITI |
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| Mintage | 1981 - - 941,000 1990 - - 1991 - - 1994 - - 200,000 1995 - Not listed in Krause - 1996 - - |
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Issued under the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) coinage program, which throughout the 1970s and 1980s enlisted developing nations to mint coins carrying agricultural themes as a form of soft diplomacy and rural development messaging. Tonga participated across multiple denominations. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, who reigned from 1965 until his death in 2006, oversaw a period of cautious modernization in Tonga's economy, with the National Reserve Bank established only in 1989 — meaning earlier strikes in this series predate the very institution now credited as issuer.