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25 Dollars Hogwarts Castle
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Reverse description | A richly detailed high-relief depiction of Hogwarts Castle from the Harry Potter franchise, its Gothic towers and turrets rising dramatically from a rocky promontory in the lower field. Above the castle, two armoured figures flank a large central heraldic shield bearing the Hogwarts coat of arms, with the four house crests — Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw — arranged at the upper corners. The legend 'HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY' curves along the upper rim, while the stylised 'Harry Potter' franchise logotype is inscribed in the lower foreground. The antique finish lends the entire composition a dramatic, cinematic quality. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Samoa has become a reliable vehicle for high-weight novelty bullion issues, and this piece is squarely in that category — a licensed product issued under arrangement with Warner Bros. Entertainment, not a coin driven by any monetary or historical imperative. The Central Bank of Samoa functions here essentially as a sovereign licensor, lending legal tender status to what is, in practice, a collector object manufactured for the international numismatic gift market.
The 1-kilo format at 100mm places it among a wave of oversized licensed silver issues that proliferated in the 2010s and 2020s, largely targeting the Asian collector market.