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1 Dollar Elizabeth II Happiness
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Fourth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right occupies the field, with the coat of arms of Samoa positioned below and to the left of the central round perforation. The Chinese double-happiness character '囍' appears to the right of the central hole. The legend encircling the design includes the monarch's name, denomination, issuer, and date. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Part of a broader wave of Pacific island legal tender issues produced almost entirely for the collector market, this coin was struck under Samoan authority but almost certainly manufactured by a European private mint — a common arrangement that keeps production costs low while allowing the issuing territory to license its name. Elizabeth II appears on such issues well into her final years, with Samoa among dozens of small Commonwealth and associated nations whose royal portrait rights were administered through portrait licensing agreements rather than direct Royal Mint involvement.