1 Hau - Taufa’ahau Tupou IV King's 50th Birthday

Features

Issuer Tonga
King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (1965-2006)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1968
Value 1 Hau
100 TOP = USD 42
Currency Pa'anga (1967-date)
Composition Palladium (.980)
Weight 64.00 g
Diameter 48 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
175579
References KM# 26
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

50th Birthday Anniversary of Taufa’ahau Tupou IV

Obverse

Head Taufa’ahau Tupou IV facing right, small crowns around border and countermark to the left of the head.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CORONATION 4TH JULY 1967
1918
TTIV
1968
TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV

Reverse

National arms

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HAU
TONGA

Edge

Plain with incuse lettering

Script: Latin

Lettering: HISTORICALLY THE FIRST PALLADIUM COINAGE

Mint

Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023)

Comments

Countermark on KM# 25.

See also

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1968)  400

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