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1 Tala - Tanumafili II Commonwealth Games, Silver Proof issue
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The central device features the national coat of arms of Western Samoa, comprising a shield bearing a coconut palm rising from the sea over five five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross, the whole supported by two olive branches and surmounted by a Latin cross. A scroll below the shield bears the national motto in the exergue. The legend SAMOA I SISIFO arcs across the upper field, while the denomination $1 appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 1974 British Commonwealth Games held in Christchurch, New Zealand — the first Games staged in the Southern Hemisphere since Auckland in 1950. Samoa's participation in Commonwealth sporting events during this period was closely tied to the political architecture of its 1962 independence, which left the country formally outside the Commonwealth until full membership in 1970.
Tanumafili II, joint Head of State at the time of striking, would eventually outlive his co-Head Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole by nearly four decades, becoming the longest-serving head of state in the world before his death in 2007.