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10 Tala Johannes Hevelius
| Uitgever | Samoa |
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| Jaar | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The national arms of Samoa displayed centrally, comprising a shield bearing a stylised coconut palm above ocean waves and five five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation, set against a globe and flanked by two olive branches. A Christian cross surmounts the shield. The country name SAMOA arcs along the upper legend, while a scroll below the shield bears the national motto FA'AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA. The denomination $10 appears in the lower field. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A draped bust of the German-Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius facing three-quarters to the left occupies the right portion of the field, rendered with long curled hair and a lace collar characteristic of 17th-century portraiture. To the left, a detailed depiction of an astronomical sextant or quadrant is shown, with a small seated figure of an observer using the instrument in the lower left. Above, a celestial sphere and scattered stars evoke Hevelius's contributions to lunar and stellar cartography. The legend JOHANNES HEVELIUS 1611-1687 arcs along the upper periphery, and the issue year 2009 appears in the exergue. The reverse is bordered by a fine inner beaded circle. |
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Johannes Hevelius, the seventeenth-century Danzig brewer turned astronomer, built one of the finest private observatories in Europe on the rooftop of his own house — then lost nearly everything to an arson fire in 1679, including instruments, manuscripts, and years of unpublished observations. He rebuilt regardless, completing his star catalogue, the Prodromus Astronomiae, shortly before his death in 1687; it was published posthumously by his wife Elisabetha, who had been a genuine collaborator throughout his career.
Samoa issued this piece as part of a broader astronomers series timed loosely around the International Year of Astronomy in 2009.