Tonga 1991 pa'anga KM-140

Aureo y Calicó sale 422, lot 3482

This specimen was lot 3482 in Aureo y Calicó sale 422 (Barcelona, December 2023), where it sold for 40 € (about US$52 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "Tonga. 1991. 1 paanga. Juegos Olímpicos - Barcelona '92. Saltador [diving]. AG. Proof." Wikipedia comments, "Tonga has competed in eight editions of the Olympic Summer Games and two of the Olympic Winter Games. It became the smallest independent nation to win an Olympic medal in the Summer games when Super Heavyweight Boxer Paea Wolfgramm earned silver in the 1996 Super heavyweight 91 kg championships in Atlanta."

Recorded mintage: 40,000.

Specification: 31.6 g, 0.925 fine silver; this specimen 31,57 g.

Catalog reference: KM 140.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta 423: Subasta Numismatica, Barcelona: Aureo y Calicó, 2023.

Link to:

• Tonga 1986 2 pa'anga humpback whales, World Wildlife Fund
• 2002 10 seniti
• Coins and currency dated 1991