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10 Tala - Tanumafili II Save the Children Fund
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA I SISIFO FA AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA $10 (Translation: Western Samoa God be the Foundation of Samoa) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Malietoa Tanumafili II held the position of O le Ao o le Malo — head of state of Samoa — from independence in 1962 until his death in 2007, making him one of the longest-serving heads of state in the world during that period. The Save the Children Fund, founded in Britain in 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb, was celebrating its 70th anniversary in 1989–1990, which prompted a wave of commemorative issues from smaller Commonwealth-affiliated nations. Samoa produced several such collector pieces during this period, largely for export sale rather than domestic circulation.