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2 Tala Seahorse
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed naturalistic depiction of a seahorse (Hippocampus) dominates the central field, its sinuous body rendered with fine scale texture and its prehensile tail curled gracefully in the lower portion of the design. Beneath and surrounding the seahorse, an intricate spiraling Polynesian tribal wave pattern fills the field, evoking traditional Pacific decorative motifs and providing strong visual contrast to the central figure. The composition is tightly framed within the coin's circular border, with no additional legends on the reverse. |
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Samoa has served as a willing issuer for the modern bullion and collector coin trade for decades, lending its authority to pieces designed and distributed almost entirely by overseas minting houses — in this case almost certainly the Perth Mint or a comparable commercial partner. The seahorse subject has no particular connection to Samoan culture or maritime history; it was chosen for its market appeal in the international collectibles trade.
KM#494 is a one-ounce silver issue in a long line of Samoan-licensed wildlife coins with limited domestic circulation.