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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Do not be deceived by low mintages necessarily lead to higher demand due to scarcity.
There are many issues of countries with tiny populations that only have a tiny requirement for issued coins. In this sort of case, a tiny issue size does not lead to high numismatic value.
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 United States
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The module for these was eventually settled on at 28.5mm diameter, 11.31 grammes... Those are in fact precisely the specifications for this copper-nickel issue. Colligo ergo sum
Edited by Lucky Cuss
06/02/2016 10:01 pm
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 Australia
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Tonga has never had its own mint. Tonga in the 1970s would most likely have used the British Royal Mint for circulating coinage production. These days, they would contract out to whichever mint is cheapest. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Poland
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Great coin, I love these bees from the reverse  I must add this coin to my wish list  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Really like the REV on this one. Thanks for sharing this. I'll have to look for one.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Although in copper nickel,
hardly useful as a circulating coin.
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United States
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The bee design on these tonga coins are quite popular the 50 seniti issue from the same year has an interesting spiral type fish design. When I have one of these in stock they usually go pretty quick...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll have to look for one. I did an ebay search this morning. Plenty of 1975 dated Tonga coinage to be had, but for whatever reason not a single one in this 20 seniti denomination. Colligo ergo sum
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The 5 Seniti has 5 hens,
The 10 Seniti 10 cows,
The 20 Seniti has 20 bees,
The 50 Seniti has 50 fishes,
The Pa'anga has 100 palm trees....
Kinda neat :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Neat coin. I have one of these in my bee-theme collection (about 20 ~ 25 world coins).
It's hard to find a full-face frontal portrait done well on a coin. This one works.
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Russian Federation
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The 5 Seniti has 5 hens,
The 10 Seniti 10 cows,
The 20 Seniti has 20 bees,
The 50 Seniti has 50 fishes,
The Pa'anga has 100 palm trees....
Kinda neat :) In addition, the 1 seniti has 1 sow, and the 2 seniti has 2 watermelons. (Unfortunately the 2 pa'anga does not have 200 of anything.) Another fun numeric factoid about these series: the 50 seniti coin is type number 10000 on Numista. (And the 20 seniti in the OP is number 9999.) |
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Canada
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United States
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Another interesting piece.
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