2 Tala Seahorse

Samoa's licensing of its sovereign coinage to the New Zealand-based New World Mints group has made it a prolific vehicle for themed bullion issues since the 2010s. The seahorse entry in this series targets the collector-bullion crossover market that has dominated Pacific island mint programs for over a decade — legally issued currency with face values bearing no relationship to melt or retail price.

KM#526 does not correspond to a domestically circulated coin by any measure.