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2 Tala Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Samoan Coat of Arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield bearing a coconut palm and the Southern Cross constellation of five stars, supported by two olive branches forming a wreath, surmounted by a Christian cross, and inscribed on a banner below with the national motto. The issuer name SAMOA and date 2024 arc along the upper periphery, flanking a central dot separator. The legend 1 TROY OUNCE appears vertically at the left field and 999 FINE SILVER at the right field, with the denomination 2 TALA positioned in the lower field. A continuous beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 TROY OUNCE SAMOA·2024 999 FINE SILVER FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA 2 TALA (Translation: God be the Foundation of Samoa) |
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Samoa's annual lunar issues are struck under licensing arrangements that position the island nation as an issuer of convenience — the coins are designed, marketed, and distributed entirely outside Samoa, with the government collecting a fee for the use of its authority. The 2024 Dragon belongs to a crowded field of competing lunar silver rounds from small Pacific and Caribbean issuers, all chasing the same collector base.
KM#858 places this piece within a rapidly expanding Samoan catalog that barely existed before the bullion commemorative boom of the 2010s.