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1 Dollar King Cobra
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a vivid full-colour photographic-style depiction of a King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) in a classic defensive posture, its hood fully spread and mouth open to reveal red oral tissue, the dark-scaled body coiled against a naturalistically rendered sandy and vegetation-tinged background. The serpent is rendered in applied colour print, contrasting dramatically with the polished silver field and raised border. The series title 'VENOMOUS & POISONOUS' arcs along the upper border in bold raised lettering, while the species name 'KING COBRA' is inscribed along the lower border, both separated by a concentric raised ring framing the coloured central motif. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Samoa has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since independence, but the King Cobra series sits within a broader Pacific-mint trend of fauna-themed issues produced primarily for the collector export market rather than domestic circulation. The King Cobra itself is native to South and Southeast Asia — not Samoa — making this a straightforward bullion-adjacent commemorative with no particular historical claim on the issuing country.