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Online Auction 7 15 September 2016
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1988 Pa $50 Palladium, "Kon-Tiki ship commemorative, 1 ounce Palladium Proof 50 Tala" (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.
CONTAINS 31.1030 GRAMS OF .999 PURE PALLADIUM (1 OZ PDW) 34mm diameter and only 10'000 minted.
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.
CONTAINS 31.1030 GRAMS OF .999 PURE PALLADIUM (1 OZ PDW) 34mm diameter and only 10'000 minted.