Does anyone know anything about this coin: https://www.ha.com/itm/fiji/british...1974-ms63-red-and-brown-ngc-/p/231917-51024.s It looks okay but there doesn't seem to be any known history. I thought it had sold at another auction before that one but I can't find it now.
Internet search shows an example of this pattern sold by Stephen Album Rare coins auction Sept. 18-20, 2014. The coin hammered at $440 USD. It actually looks like the OP coin, pre-slabbed. NGC has no details on mintage or value, but there is a KM# TS3 in CuNi too with same design. One source says this was likely an unadopted pattern of the FAO cent issued from 1977-82. I searched this on Google "fiji km# ts2 coin 1974"
I had no idea. He asked for info so I did a google search. His own site seems to have the answers he's looking for
Ah nice, thanks. Not quite - it has all the information I could find but I couldn't find any information about where or why it was struck, which is what I was looking for. On World of Coins someone has pointed out that the reverse was used on 1977 Ghana 2 pound coins/medals which is interesting.
