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1 Tala - Elizabeth II Bicycle
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#405 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a juxtaposition of two eras of cycling history. To the left, a Victorian-era gentleman wearing a top hat is shown astride an early draisine or hobby horse, the precursor to the modern bicycle, set against a pastoral background with a tree. To the right, a modern aerodynamic racing cyclist leans forward in a time-trial posture on a contemporary bicycle, approaching a chequered finish line. The denomination $1 appears in the upper field, the commemorative date 2017 is inscribed to the right of centre, and the founding year 1817 — marking the bicentenary of the bicycle's invention — is placed in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Samoa's transport-themed bullion and collector program has leaned heavily on titanium since the mid-2010s, a metal chosen partly for its anodizing properties — oxide layers applied through electrolytic processes produce stable, interference-based color without dyes or coatings. The green finish here is structural color, not paint.
KM#405 is one of several issues in this series struck by foreign minting contractors on behalf of the Samoan government, a licensing arrangement common among Pacific island nations whose domestic minting capacity is nil.