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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 796317, member: 5719&quot;]A friend of a friend asked for some value advice on this set.&nbsp; It&#039;s the 1967 coronation set from Tonga and is listed (on the presentation case) as the first ever mintage in palladium.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ct/tonga.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry about the suboptimal image, it was provided to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were a total of 1500 sets made.&nbsp; The three coins are the 1/4 Hau, 1/2 Hau and Hau.&nbsp; There&#039;s a total of about 3 1/2 ounces of palladium in total in these three coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Borrowing Thalia Elizabeth&#039;s 2004 edition of the Krause &quot;Standard Catalog of World Coins,&quot; the issue price is given as $207 and a market value, at the time, of $3050.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The KM number for the set is MS2, and the KM numbers for the individual coins are 21, 23, and 25.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two questions:</p><p>1) Can anyone check a more recent Krause book for the current value of this set?&nbsp; I know it&#039;s only a ballpark figure, probably a high one at that.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Any thoughts on whether there is, realistically, a material premium for these coins above their bullion value?&nbsp;&nbsp; Tonga is one of the countries that likes (or at least liked) to issue a lot of commemoratives and I suspect that there is a limited interest in Tongan coins in any case.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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