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1 Pa'anga Richard Wagner
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 1 Paʻanga |
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| Reverse description | A facing bust of the German composer Richard Wagner, rendered in high relief, occupies the right portion of the field, depicting him in formal attire with a bow tie and wavy hair. To the left, two operatic figures in costume are shown in dramatic poses, evoking a scene from one of Wagner's operas, accompanied by a musical staff with notes in the lower left. The legend RICHARD WAGNER arcs along the upper left periphery, with his birth and death dates 1813–1883 inscribed along the upper right. The denomination 1 PAʻANGA appears in the lower field, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883 1 PAʻANGA |
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Wagner died in Venice in February 1883, and Tonga's decision to commemorate him a full century later places this coin in a long tradition of Pacific island nations licensing their minting authority to generate collector revenue rather than circulating currency. The National Reserve Bank issued numerous silver one pa'anga pieces through the 1980s and 1990s targeting the international numismatic market — Wagner shares shelf space in this series with an eclectic roster of subjects having no geographic connection to Tonga whatsoever.