Country of Origin: Samoa & Western Samoa
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
