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20 Cents Nine Tailed Fox
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Thickness | 3.5 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 CENTS · 2024 · CHARLES III DT FA'AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA SAMOA |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The nine-tailed fox appears across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean folklore as a shape-shifting supernatural creature — benevolent or malevolent depending on the tradition — with origins traceable to the Shan Hai Jing, a Chinese classic compiled roughly between the 4th and 1st centuries BC. Samoa has become a prolific issuer of themed collector coins through partnerships with the New Zealand Mint, producing gold-plated copper rounds like this one almost exclusively for the gift and novelty market rather than any numismatic series with coherent continuity.