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1 Tala Independence
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1 Tala |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust portrait of Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, Head of State of Samoa, set within a raised circular border at centre. The name TUI ATUA TUPUA TAMASESE EFI curves along the inner left field, while the legend 50th ANNIVERSARY arcs along the upper outer border and OF INDEPENDENCE along the lower outer border. The country name SAMOA and the date 2012 appear below the portrait within the inner circle, flanked by two five-pointed stars. The design commemorates the 50th anniversary of Samoan independence. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Samoa marked the fiftieth anniversary of independence from New Zealand administration in 2012, having gained autonomy on January 1, 1962 — the first Pacific Island nation to do so in the twentieth century. The issue was struck in aluminium bronze rather than the bimetallic formats common to commemorative talas of that decade, a deliberate choice that kept production costs accessible for a central bank managing a small open economy heavily dependent on remittances.