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1/2 Dollar Harry Potter - Dobby
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the engraver's initials IRB appearing below the bust truncation. The Samoan national arms, featuring a globe and olive branches, is depicted in the lower central field. The legend SAMOA arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination HALF DOLLAR is inscribed to the lower right of the field. |
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| Reverse description | Central full-colour depiction of Dobby the house-elf, the iconic fictional character from the Harry Potter series, shown as a small humanoid figure with large expressive eyes and prominent ears, dressed in a tattered pillowcase-style garment. The character portrait is rendered in vivid polychrome colour printing against a silver-toned engraved background featuring stylized motifs referencing the Wizarding World, including references to Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products. The legend HARRY POTTER arcs prominently across the upper field in the distinctive franchise typeface, with the character name DOBBY inscribed to the lower left. The date 2020 appears at the top of the field, and the trademark and copyright notice TM & © WBEI (s19) is inscribed near the lower right rim. |
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Samoa has issued commemorative coinage under licensing agreements with major entertainment properties since the early 2000s, with the Harry Potter series among the more commercially successful runs. These pieces are struck for the collector market and saw no meaningful circulation — Samoa's actual monetary economy runs on the tālā, and fractional dollar denominations of this type exist purely as licensed merchandise with legal tender face values attached for technical legitimacy.
Silver-plated copper-nickel was the workhorse composition for budget-tier numismatic product lines of this period, keeping retail price points accessible while maintaining the heft of a 31.1g coin.