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1 Dollar America's Cup with rope-like ornamentation
| Issuer | American Samoa |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a highly detailed rendering of the America's Cup trophy — an ornate ewer with scrolled handle, decorated body, and tiered pedestal base — depicted in high relief against a polished dark field. The letters spelling 'AMERICA'S CUP' are arranged radially in the inner field flanking the trophy. The outer legend reads 'AMERICAN SAMOA · 17 APRIL 1900' along the upper arc and 'SAMOA MUAMUA LE ATUA' along the lower arc, all in raised Latin capitals. The date '1988' appears in the lower right field. The design combines commemorative and heraldic elements consistent with proof-style non-circulating coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Two racing sailboats depicted with crossed sails in dynamic composition, symbolising the America's Cup yacht race. Rope-like ornamental borders fill the gaps within the circular legend, adding a nautical decorative motif consistent with the commemorative theme. The surrounding legend carries the inscriptions 'AMERICA'S CUP' repeated, along with the year designation ''88' and the denomination 'ONE DOLLAR', all in raised Latin capitals. |
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American Samoa gained the authority to issue its own coinage in the 1980s, though these issues were struck for the collector market rather than genuine circulation — the territory uses the US dollar and had no practical need for a separate bronze dollar. The America's Cup connection ties this piece to the 1987 defense series of races held off Fremantle, Australia, where Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes recaptured the Cup from Australia after the United States' historic 1983 loss, the first in the Cup's 132-year history.