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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II St. Paul's Cathedral
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Highly detailed antique-finish depiction of the interior ceiling of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, rendered as viewed from directly below looking upward. The composition reproduces the ornate Baroque architecture of Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, with the central oculus of the dome surrounded by radiating bays, decorative spandrels with figural motifs, pilasters, and coffered architectural elements filling the entire field. A ribbon cartouche bearing the inscription ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL appears in the upper portion of the design, while a second cartouche with the denomination 10 DOLLARS is positioned at the lower field. |
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Part of a broader wave of large-format silver issues produced for the Pacific collector market in the 2010s, this coin was struck under license by a European mint — almost certainly B.H. Mayer's or Münze Österreich — rather than any facility with a direct connection to Samoa, which has no domestic mint. Samoa's numismatic program during this period functioned essentially as a licensing arrangement, with the island nation lending its issuing authority to collector pieces designed and produced entirely abroad.
St. Paul's Cathedral survived the Blitz of 1940–41 largely intact, a fact that became a focal point of wartime British morale after photographs showed the dome rising through smoke.