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5 Pa'anga International Games - Judo
| Issuer | National Reserve Bank of Tonga |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed portrait bust of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV facing right, rendered in high relief against a deeply recessed mirror field. The effigy occupies the central area of the flan, depicted with a collar visible at the truncation. The circular legend reads '• TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV •' along the upper periphery, with 'TONGA' inscribed in large lettering at the base, flanked by two raised dots. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Tonga's 1984 commemorative program marked the Los Angeles Olympics, one of the most politically fractured Games of the Cold War era after the Soviet-led boycott hollowed out the field in dozens of events — including judo, where several leading medal contenders were absent. Tonga, a nation of roughly 100,000 people at the time, issued a suite of commemoratives across multiple denominations for the occasion, this piece among them.