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2 Dollars Four Guardians - White Tiger
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | White Tiger Of The West-Autumn |
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The White Tiger occupies the western quadrant in the Four Guardians cosmology drawn from ancient Chinese and Korean celestial mythology, where each cardinal direction is protected by a divine beast. Samoa has become a reliable vehicle for Asian-market bullion and collector issues over the past decade, licensing its sovereign minting authority to private distributors targeting Chinese diaspora collectors — a straightforward commercial arrangement that explains why a Pacific microstate is issuing East Asian mythological coins.