A kilogram silver piece from Samoa's ongoing state crown program, issued under the licensing arrangements that make Pacific island nations prolific vehicles for European and Asian mint output. The actual striking almost certainly occurred at a specialist private mint — Samoa maintains no domestic minting facility.
KM#809 places this late in a long series of large-format issues Samoa has lent its authority to since the 1990s.
A kilogram silver piece from Samoa's ongoing state crown program, issued under the licensing arrangements that make Pacific island nations prolific vehicles for European and Asian mint output. The actual striking almost certainly occurred at a specialist private mint — Samoa maintains no domestic minting facility.
KM#809 places this late in a long series of large-format issues Samoa has lent its authority to since the 1990s.