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Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Fifty Toea Coin

Denomination :

 Fifty Toea Coin 

 Release Date  1980
 Type of Metal  Cupro-Nickel. Silver Colour
 Value (in Kina)  0.50
 Weight  13.50 Grams

Features (Front)

Official Crest of Papua New Guinea

Features (Back)

South Pacific Festival of Arts Logo (1980)

Description 

The FIFTY TOEA coin was first released in 1980 to commemorate the 4th South Pacific Festival of Art held in Papua New Guinea. The FIFTY TOEA coin is silver in colour with a diameter of 30.00mm. The reverse design displays the South Pacific Festival of Arts Logo (1980).

The Second issue of the FIFTY TOEA coin was in 1991 in commemoration of the 9th South Pacific Games held in Papua New Guinea.

The third issue was in 1998 to commemorate the Central Bank's Silver Jubilee.  

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