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2 Dollars Niuafo'ou
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Diameter | 30 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | NIUAFO'OU 2 DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-color photographic portrait of a golden Cocker Spaniel, depicted facing slightly left with its mouth open, set against a darkened steel field. The breed name 'Cocker Spaniel' arcs along the upper periphery in colored lettering, while the date '2024' is inscribed along the lower right periphery. The colorization is applied over the steel planchet using a paper overlay technique. |
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Niuafo'ou is a Tongan island, not Samoan — which makes its appearance on a Samoan issue worth noting. The coin almost certainly belongs to a privately commissioned novelty program, where an issuing authority licenses its name to a distributor producing collector pieces with minimal connection to the named geography. "Steel (Paper colorized)" as a composition confirms it: this is a steel core struck with a paper inlay, a format used almost exclusively in themed collector sets with no circulation intent.