1988 PALLADIUM WESTERN SAMOA 50 TALA COIN NGC PF 69UC KON-TIKI

KON-TIKI VOYAGE 

GRADE BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO

OBV: ARMS OF WESTERN SAMOA

REV: KON-TIKI RAFT AND CROSSED BAMBOO POLES

KM #76

IN 1947 THE NORWEGIAN WRITER AND EXPLORER THOR HEYERDAHL SAILED FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO POLYNESIA ON THE KON-TIKI RAFT

HEYERDAHL WANTED TO PROVE THAT PEOPLE FROM SOUTH AMERICA COULD HAVE SETTLED POLYNESIA IN PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

THE EXPEDITION SAILED FOR 101 DAYS 4,300 MILES ACROSS THE PACIFIC BEFORE SMASHING ON A REEF IN THE TUAMOTU ISLANDS.

50 TALA COIN

CONTAINS 31.1030 GRAMS OF .999 PURE PALLADIUM (1 OZ PDW)

34 MM IN DIAMETER

10,000 MINTED