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2 Dollars Niuafo´Ou
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUAFO'OU 2 DOLLARS |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Additional information |
Niuafo'ou is a Tongan island, not Samoan — its appearance on a Samoan-issued coin reflects the collector-market practice of Pacific micro-states licensing their names and nominal face values to private minting operations with no meaningful connection to the depicted subject. The "Steel (Paper colorized)" composition note signals a polymer or laminated novelty construction aimed squarely at the thematic bullion and novelty collector market rather than any circulating monetary purpose.