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100 Tala - Tanumafili II Olympic Boxing
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Samoa displayed centrally, consisting of a quartered shield bearing a Southern Cross motif on the upper quarters and additional heraldic elements below, surmounted by a cross and flanked by olive branches. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto in Latin script. The legend 'SAMOA I SISIFO' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '$100' appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA I SISIFO FAAVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA $100 |
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Issued to mark Samoa's participation in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, this piece belongs to a wave of small-nation gold commemoratives that flooded the market in the early 1980s as the Franklin Mint and similar producers actively solicited contracts from Pacific island governments. Tanumafili II, who held joint Head of State status with Malietoa Tanumafili II until 1963 before becoming sole Head of State, lent his name to dozens of such issues across this decade.
Boxing was one of the few Olympic disciplines where smaller Pacific nations could realistically field competitive athletes, which explains the subject choice.