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1 Tala - Tanumafili II
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II SAMOA I SISIFO HP |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Western Samoa's 1967 coinage was the first issue struck for the newly independent nation, which had shed New Zealand trusteeship in 1962 — making this a founding series rather than a continuation of an existing currency. Tanumafili II served as co-Head of State alongside Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole until the latter's death in 1963, after which Tanumafili ruled as sole O le Ao o le Malo until his own death in 2007, giving him one of the longest tenures of any head of state in the Pacific.