Samoa's wildlife coinage program has expanded steadily since the 2010s, with the short-eared owl selected here as a species with genuinely global distribution — one of the most widespread owls on earth, found across every continent except Australia and Antarctica. The copper composition at this weight is unusual for a modern Pacific island issue, where silver dominates collector-targeted releases.
Samoa's wildlife coinage program has expanded steadily since the 2010s, with the short-eared owl selected here as a species with genuinely global distribution — one of the most widespread owls on earth, found across every continent except Australia and Antarctica. The copper composition at this weight is unusual for a modern Pacific island issue, where silver dominates collector-targeted releases.