10 Tala Food For All

The "Food For All" series was a UN FAO initiative that prompted dozens of nations — many with little independent minting tradition — to issue commemorative coins through the 1970s and early 1980s. Samoa's participation produced several of these pieces, with designs oriented toward agricultural and food-security themes aligned with FAO messaging. The .500 fineness is notably lower than most contemporary silver commemoratives, a deliberate cost-reduction choice that made larger-format issues viable for smaller issuing nations operating through contract mints.