Catalog
1 Tālā
| Issuer | Bank of Western Samoa |
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| Year | 1967-2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a traditional Samoan open-sided thatched fale set among coconut palms on a coastal shoreline, rendered in finely detailed intaglio engraving. Circular guilloche rosettes bearing the denomination are positioned at left and right, bordered by panels of traditional Samoan patterning. Bilingual denomination inscriptions appear at lower left and right, with the issuing authority name along the bottom margin. |
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| Signature(s) | without serial # prefix (original issue) with serial # prefix S (reprint 2020) |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed this note at their New Malden works, a firm that handled a substantial share of British colonial and post-independence currency work before being absorbed into De La Rue in 1990. The 2020 reprint — distinguished by the "S" prefix added to the serial number — extended the series more than half a century after its original issue, an unusually long run for a denomination of this size.
The prefix distinction is the only reliable field marker between the two printings.