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25 Tala - Tanumafili II America's Cup
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA I SISIFO FIVE OUNCES · $25 · .999 SILVER |
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| Reverse lettering | AMERICA'S CUP · PERTH - AUSTRALIA 1987 |
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The 1987 America's Cup generated unusual numismatic activity across Pacific island nations, several of which issued large-format silver pieces tied to the New Zealand and Australian campaigns in Fremantle. Samoa's entry into this market was frankly commercial — a bullion-adjacent collector piece riding the wave of Southern Hemisphere interest in the regatta, which that year saw Dennis Conner reclaim the Cup for the United States aboard Stars & Stripes after Australia had held it since 1983.
At five troy ounces of fine silver, the coin's value has always tracked metal more than numismatic demand.