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1 Tala - Tanumafili II Charles Kingsford Smith

Issuer Samoa
Year 1978
Type Non-circulating coin
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse description The reverse features a map tracing the route of the first trans-Pacific flight of 1928, stretching from the United States across Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, and Australia to New Zealand, rendered in relief against a plain field. A left-facing portrait of aviator Charles Kingsford Smith is positioned prominently, accompanied by his facsimile signature below. Inscriptions naming the key stopover territories arc around the design, with the legend FIRST PACIFIC FLIGHT and the dates 1928 and 1978 completing the commemorative text.
Reverse script Latin, Latin (cursive)
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