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10 Tala - Tanumafili II 'Eber'
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A detailed profile view of the German Imperial Navy gunboat SMS Eber is depicted facing right, rendered with full rigging, multiple furled sails, and a steam funnel amidships, commemorating its loss in the great Apia hurricane of 16 March 1889. Below the vessel, a cartographic map view shows the outlines of the two principal Samoan islands, Savai'i and Upolu, with coordinate lines and island name labels. The curved legend EBER · 16 MARCH 1889 arcs across the upper field, and the year 1999 appears prominently at the lower right. |
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| Mintage | 1999 - - 20,000 |
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The Eber was a German gunboat whose 1889 destruction in Apia Harbor during a catastrophic cyclone became one of the more consequential maritime disasters in Pacific colonial history. Seven warships from three nations — Germany, the United States, and Britain — were caught at anchor when the storm struck in March; six were wrecked or beached, killing nearly 150 sailors. Only the British HMS Calliope managed to steam out of the harbor under full power. The episode cooled imperial tensions over Samoa considerably and accelerated the tripartite agreement that briefly placed the islands under joint foreign administration.