2 Dollars Four Guardians - White Tiger

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.