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10 Tala - Tanumafili II Presentation of Shamrock
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed figural scene depicts Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, shown facing right in three-quarter view, presenting a basket of shamrocks to two uniformed soldiers of the Irish Guards, who stand at attention in full ceremonial dress including bearskin caps. A dotted inner circle frames the central composition, with small sprigs of shamrock flanking the lower border. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER arcs across the upper field, with PRESENTATION OF SHAMROCKS TO IRISH GUARDS below it, and the date 1998 prominently placed at the bottom exergue. |
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This issue commemorates the 1973 visit of Malietoa Tanumafili II to the Vatican — the first reigning head of state to meet Pope John Paul II after his election, though here the occasion marked is distinct: the presentation of a shamrock, a St. Patrick's Day tradition in which the Irish Taoiseach formally gifts the U.S. President or, in diplomatic variants, other heads of state. Samoa's Catholic population gave the event local resonance.