Description:
Obverse
Profile of Queen Salote Tupou III's face (Queen of Tonga from 5 April 1918 to her death in 16 December 1965.)
Reverse
Tu'i Malila, a Radiated Tortoise (Geochelone radiata) given to the Tongan Royal Family by Captain Cook in 1777.Died in 1965.
Related Coins
¼ Hau - Tupou IV (Coronation; with countermark)
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 1/4 Hau
1/4 TOP = 0.11 USD
Year: 1968 / Material: Palladium (.980)
¼ Koula - Salote Tupou III
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 1/4 Koula
(1/4)
Year: 1962 / Material: Gold (.916)
50 Seniti - Salote Tupou III
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 50 Seniti
0.5 TOP = 0.22 USD
Year: 1967 / Material: Copper-nickel
1 Seniti - Salote Tupou III
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 1 Seniti
0.01 TOP = 0.0044 USD
Year: 1967 / Material: Bronze
5 Seniti - Tupou VI
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 5 Seniti
0.05 TOP = 0.022 USD
Year: 2015 / Material: Nickel plated Steel
50 Seniti - Salote Tupou III (Countermarked - IN MEMORIAM)
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 50 Seniti
0.5 TOP = 0.22 USD
Year: 1967 / Material: Gold plated Copper-nickel
½ Hau - Taufa’ahau Tupou IV (Tonga Friendship Treaty)
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 1/2 Hau
50.00 TOP = 22 USD
Year: 1981 / Material: Silver (.925)
1 Koula - Salote Tupou III
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 1 Koula
(1)
Year: 1962 / Material: Platinum
5 Seniti - Salote Tupou III
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 5 Seniti
0.05 TOP = 0.022 USD
Year: 1967 / Material: Copper-nickel
½ Koula - Salote Tupou III
Country: Tonga / Denomination: 1/2 Koula
(1/2)
Year: 1962 / Material: Gold (.916)