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2 Tala Seahorse
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Thickness | 3.1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | 1 TROY OUNCE SAMOA·2023 999 FINE SILVER FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA 2 TALA (Translation: God be the foundation of Samoa) |
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Samoa's numismatic program has long been administered through external minting partnerships rather than domestic production — the Central Bank issues collector pieces largely to generate foreign exchange revenue, a common arrangement among Pacific island states with no domestic mint infrastructure. The seahorse motif places this squarely in the international bullion-adjacent collector market, where marine-themed Pacific issues compete aggressively for the same buyer pool.