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50 Seniti - George Tupou V FAO
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#236 |
| Obverse description | Uniformed effigy of King George Tupou V facing forward, depicted in military dress uniform with epaulettes and a peaked cap, a star decoration visible at the chest. The legend 'F·A·O' arcs along the upper border of the dodecagonal field, while 'TONGA 2011' is inscribed in the exergue along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | A central device depicts a fruiting branch bearing four round fruits — consistent with breadfruit or a similar tropical variety — flanked by serrated leaves and a central feathery frond, evoking an FAO food production theme. The Tongan legend 'FAKALAHI ME`AKAI' (meaning 'Increase Food Production') curves along the upper periphery of the dodecagonal field, while the denomination '50 SENITI' is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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Issued under the FAO coin program, which ran for decades as a United Nations initiative encouraging member states to mint coins promoting food security and agricultural development. Tonga's participation placed a Pacific microstate into a numismatic series that ultimately included over 100 countries. George Tupou V, who died in March 2012, had only recently overseen Tonga's transition from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy in 2010 — making this one of the final issues bearing his effigy before his death ended the line of direct male succession.