2 Tala 75 Years of VW Beetle

Volkswagen's Beetle traces its origins to a 1934 commission from Adolf Hitler, who tasked Ferdinand Porsche with designing an affordable car for ordinary Germans — the "Volkswagen," or people's car. Production at the Wolfsburg plant didn't meaningfully reach civilian hands until after 1945, which makes the "75 years" count somewhat generous depending on where you start the clock.

Samoa's Pacific island commemorative program frequently licenses automotive and pop-culture subjects for low-denomination billon issues aimed squarely at the thematic collector market rather than circulation.