20 Cents Year of the Dog

Samoa has issued annual lunar calendar pieces since the early 2010s, targeting the collector market rather than circulation — none of these have ever been intended as spending money. The Dog sits eleventh in the twelve-year cycle, and the 2018 Year of the Dog would have been the primary commemorative issue for that animal; a 2023 release falls in the Year of the Rabbit, making this a secondary thematic product rather than a calendar-accurate issue.

Silver-plated copper at this weight class is a cost-reduction format common to Pacific island licensing arrangements, where the nominal issuer retains little to no involvement in production decisions.