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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Nine Tailed Fox
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of a nine-tailed fox (kitsune), a supernatural creature of East Asian mythology, rendered in finely detailed high relief and shown standing facing the viewer. The creature's nine stylized tails fan outward dramatically, merging with swirling cloud or mist motifs that fill the entire field in a dynamic, flowing composition combining engraved linework with frosted and mirror finishes. A ribbon banner in the lower portion of the field bears the incuse legend NINE-TAILED FOX in stylized lettering. |
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Samoa has operated a small but active commemorative bullion program for decades, frequently licensing pop-culture and mythological themes to private minting houses — this piece almost certainly produced by a European contractor rather than struck domestically. The nine-tailed fox (kitsune) carries no particular connection to Samoa or its monetary history; the issuing authority is effectively a legal vehicle for the numismatic collectibles market.
Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022, making this a posthumous effigy issue — the first generation of Commonwealth and associated-nation coins to carry her portrait after death rather than by constitutional obligation.