Tortoise Coinage

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I've been an off and on coin collector much of my life... I dug one of these out of a box of unsorted world coins I had in my office, and am now looking for others, ore others like it.

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1967 Tonga 2 Seniti Coin.

I'll pop back in with other coins as I find them... what tortoise coins (or other things) do you have?

Jamie
 

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Tonga.

I used to be a coin collector, but long since gave that up. This is a great coin. Lots of my favorite things in this one - coins/tortoises/island culture
 

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1974 1 Seniti Coin, Tonga.

After doing some research I've got a couple more on the way... I'll post pics when they arrive.

J
 

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That is so cool! I have a little collection of coins as well. Saving them for my kids once they get older. I have some from Puerto Rico and china, none quite as cool as yours [emoji846] that one with the tortoise is amazing. I wonder how much it would cost to buy on for my collection
 

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Very cool! I’ve have collected coins most of my life On and off. Mostly I’ve focused on old US coins though I do have a few world coins I’ve picked up along the way.
 

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That is so cool! I have a little collection of coins as well. Saving them for my kids once they get older. I have some from Puerto Rico and china, none quite as cool as yours
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that one with the tortoise is amazing. I wonder how much it would cost to buy on for my collection

I looked online last night and found numerous tortoise coins that varied in price from under a dollar to $30 or more.

Jamie
 

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Jamie,
You can't keep buying all the tortoise-y stuff and then expect people to have any tortoise-y stuff to barter with you!!;)
 

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My new favorite coin just arrived...

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A St. Helena, 1977, 25 pence piece

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It's the size of an Eisenhower silver dollar, and has a wonderful image of Jonathan, the 187 year old Seychelles tortoise, the oldest known terrestrial animal in the world.

I'm going to see if I can track down a few more of these!

Jamie
 
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