100 Tala Save the Children Fund

Issued to coincide with the United Nations' International Convention on the Rights of the Child, which opened for signature in January 1990 and was ratified with unusual speed by a large number of states that same year. Samoa's participation in such commemorative programs during this period reflected its growing engagement with UN-affiliated causes following independence in 1962.

The .9167 fineness — 22-karat — places this squarely in the crown gold tradition used across many Commonwealth commemorative issues of the era, chosen largely for its scratch resistance in proof presentation.