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50 Seniti - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV FAO; magnetic

50 Seniti - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (FAO; magnetic) - obverse50 Seniti - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV (FAO; magnetic) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Tonga
Issuing bank National Reserve Bank of Tonga (Pangike Pule Fakafonua 'o Tonga)
King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1965-2006)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Years 2002-2004
Value 50 Seniti (0.50 TOP)
Currency Pa'anga (1967-date)
Composition Nickel plated steel
Weight 11.7 g
Diameter 32.5 mm
Thickness 2.4 mm
Shape Dodecagonal (12-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1 October 2015
Number
N#
35645
References KM# 71a
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 56a
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Commemorative issue

FAO - World Food Day

Obverse

Portrait of Taufa'ahau Tupou IV in uniform facing forward, country name and date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
F·A·O
TONGA

Unabridged legend: Food and Agricultural Organization

Reverse

Tomato Plant (Lycopersicon esculentum), denomination below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FAKALAHI ME'AKAI
50 SENITI

Translation: Food Expansion (Grow More Food)

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

Krause reports years 2003 and 2004; however, confirmation is needed on whether or not they actually exist. It is possible the mint reports striking this type in those two years, but they could have all been dated 2002.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2002  $ 2.10 $ 2.10 $ 2.10 $ 4.20 99%
2003  1.7%
2004  1.7%

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