Catalog
20 Cents Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper |
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| Obverse description | Stylized cartoon effigy of a monkey facing right, rendered in high relief against a holographic honeycomb-patterned field. A circular inset above depicts the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, with a small rendition of the Samoan coat of arms positioned below the inset. The legends ELIZABETH II, SAMOA, IRB, 20 Cents, and 2023 appear in the field in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized cartoon bust of a monkey facing left, rendered in bold high relief at the center of the butterfly wing-shaped flan, set against a deeply recessed holographic field featuring a geometric honeycomb pattern. The Chinese character 猴 (monkey) appears in raised relief in the upper right of the field, and the legend MONKEY is inscribed in raised Latin letters along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Mintage | 2023 - - 3,000 |
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