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1 Pa'anga London 2012 Olympics
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1 Paʻanga |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 PA`ANGA OLYMPIC GAMES 2012 |
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Tonga's participation in the 2012 London Olympics was modest — a small delegation competing in athletics and weightlifting — but the National Reserve Bank issued this piece primarily for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation. The Pacific island commemorative coin trade was by 2012 a well-established revenue stream for smaller nations, with minting typically contracted to foreign facilities.
KM#183 was struck at the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey, which held long-standing contracts with several Pacific and Caribbean issuers for exactly this type of output.