Tonga 1975 100 pa'angas

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 8365

This specimen was lot 8365 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TONGA. 100 Pa'angas, 1975. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. NGC PROOF-66 Ultra Cameo. A brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This NCLT was one of a series celebrating the centennial of the Tongan constitution. Other issues included 5 pa'angas (KM 50), 10 pa'angas (KM 51), 20 pa'angas (KM 52), 25 pa'angas (KM 53), 50 pa'angas (KM 54) and 75 pa'angas (KM 55) in silver and gold.

Recorded mintage: 205 plus 105 proofs.

Specification: 20 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-13; KM-56.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• Tonga 1975 seniti F.A.O.
• Tonga 1975 2 seniti F.A.O.
• Tonga 1975 5 seniti F.A.O.
• Coins and currency dated 1975