Hi I have a quarter Hau made from Palladium

Im trying to find out details about a palladium quarter hau from 1967
new coin i got this weekend but cant seem to find much about it.

any help would be great thanks.

Pictures/Scans?

NOT Great pics im afraid

Arbys

Has the same design as Tonga coins. I'll check tomorrow as now I am using the phone. Some times countries mint medals so it is possible it is one of those. How do you got it; and how are you sure it is from that metal?

Its edge is printed historically first palladium coinage.
i think its from a proof set as hasn't been circulated. i bought a job lot of coins over the weekend   and a few stood out but this one cannot really identify. In the tonga section there is no hau
(1-1/2-1/4)

http://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=tongapalladiumcoins.html

This was the original 1967 issue. You're scan isn't great but you can see the countermark left of the head. So you have the 1968 issue (= the 1967 issue with a countermark):

http://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=1968tongapalladiumcoins.html

On eBay they ask 698 $ (622 euros) for this coin (the 1967 issue, so not the countermarked issue you have):

http://www.ebay.de/itm/1967-PALLADIUM-TONGA-1-4-HAU-1-2-OZ-NGC-MINT-STATE-66-WORLDS-1ST-PALLADIUM-COINS-/301437403578

You can find the Tonga quarter hau also in this catalog:

http://www.tonga-coin-catalog.com/

Apparently there were also palladium coins in Sierra Leone and Russia around the same time:

http://norddeutsche-edelmetall.de/edelmetalle-verkaufen/palladiumankauf/palladiummuenzen-ankauf/tonga-palladium-muenzen-ankauf/

A quarter Hau is equal to 25 Pa'anga:

http://eshop.latgold.lv/public/29721.html?limenis=32607
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1967-tonga-coronation-6-oz-palladium-173456586

many many thanks all thats some good information. So is it a proof coin or was it in circulation???. not a bad little find then.

Цитата: derf

does this mean only 400 where made?
i would like to add to the cataloge  but don't know a great deal about the coin still

luke

Цитата: Arbysatticdoes this mean only 400 where made?

Yes. According to the Krause catalog there were 1.700 pieces minted of the 1967 issue and 400 pieces of the 1968 issue, the one you have (the 1967 issue with the countermark on it).
None of the palladium Hau coins are listed as proof.

I can only hope yours isn't a fake one, because it is a very expensive coin and I have the impression you got it very cheap?

yes very cheap i bought at a carboot in a joblot of mixed unsorted  coins of a old lady that was happy to make any sale.

is there definitive way of testing palladium?
yea i was confused on the year. the coin says 1967 but two sources said its 1968 because of the counter stamp, And information is quite scarce.

thanks luke