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10 Tālā
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of a man harvesting bananas, with a panoramic view of the Samoan coastline rendered in the background. The national flag of Samoa appears at upper right, set against decorative guilloche underprint. Bilingual inscriptions in Samoan and English identify the issuing authority and denomination. |
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| Reverse description | A scenic vignette of the Samoan shoreline with coconut palms and a sandy beach occupies the central field. The national coat of arms and the flag of Samoa are incorporated into the design, framed by guilloche patterning. Bilingual text in Samoan and English identifies the issuing authority and denomination. |
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Samoa's 1985 note series arrived during a period of significant economic pressure, as the tālā had already weathered two devaluations in the early 1980s tied to IMF structural adjustment negotiations. Thomas De La Rue's involvement was standard for Pacific island issuers of the period — the firm handled a large portion of Commonwealth and associated-state printings out of London throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
The security thread on this issue is a plain unpatterned type, predating the encoded and windowed threads De La Rue introduced across many client currencies in the late 1980s.