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50 Seniti - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Coronation
| Issuer | Tonga |
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| Year | 1967 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV facing right, with a strongly modelled portrait showing the king in a collared uniform. The legend encircles the effigy along the outer border, separated by small crown and star ornaments, reading CORONATION 4TH JULY 1967 above and TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV below. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Taufa'ahau Tupou IV was crowned in July 1967, succeeding his mother Queen Sālote Tupou III, who had died in December 1965 after a reign of nearly forty-eight years. Tonga struck a set of coronation coinage across multiple denominations to mark the occasion — among the few formal commemorative issues the kingdom had produced to that point. Tupou IV would go on to reign until 2006, making this coronation issue the opening chapter of one of the longer twentieth-century Pacific monarchies.