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50 Seniti - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV Victorian Age
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 50 Seniti |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the crowned and elaborately decorated royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Tonga centered in the field, displaying the three swords and the dove of peace within the quartered escutcheon. The shield is supported by two warriors and surmounted by a royal crown. The legend 'KINGDOM OF TONGA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the year of issue '1996' appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIAN AGE QUEEN VICTORIA · EMPRESS OF INDIA · 1876 50 SENITI |
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Tonga struck a series of silver issues in the mid-1990s under the National Reserve Bank, largely targeting the collector market rather than circulation — a deliberate revenue strategy that many small Pacific island nations adopted aggressively during this period. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, who reigned from 1965 until his death in 2006, lent his name and authority to dozens of such commemorative programs.
The "Victorian Age" designation ties this piece to the broader wave of Queen Victoria sesquicentennial and memorial issues circulating through the numismatic market around 1995–1997.