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20 Cents Lu Shu
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Thickness | 3.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | LU SHU Mythical Creatures in The Classic of Mountains and Seas |
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The lu shu — known in English as the red-tailed tropicbird — nests on remote Pacific island cliffs and has minimal cultural presence in Western numismatic traditions, making its appearance on a modern Samoan issue a deliberate assertion of regional ecological identity at a moment when Pacific nations have increasingly used commemorative coinage to push back against generic global bullion themes. Gold-plated copper at this size occupies an awkward commercial tier: too heavy for pocket change, too base for investors.