Tonga 1962 1/2 koula

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 23329
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This specimen was lot 23329 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "TONGA. 1/2 Koula, 1962. NGC MS-66. From the Vincent Alones Collection." Coinage commenced in 1962 and was converted to decimal coinage in 1967. This type was accompanied by a gold one koula and a quarter koula. One koula = 16 pounds. Salote Tupou III was queen of Tonga from 1918 until her death in 1965.

Recorded mintage: 3,000 proofs + unknown number of circulation strikes.

Specification: 16.25 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-2; Fr-2.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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