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| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait, with the initials IRB incuse below the truncation. The Samoa coat of arms appears in the lower field. The surrounding legend reads SAMOA 2022, with the fineness and denomination inscription 1 oz Ag999 5 DOLLARS completing the obverse legend. |
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| Mintage | 2022 - BU - 3,000 |
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Samoa has served as a convenient issuing authority for novelty bullion and licensed character coins since the early 2000s, its sovereign status lending legal-tender validity to pieces that are fundamentally collectibles marketed to thematic buyers rather than numismatists. The Looney Tunes licensing arrangement behind this issue is held by Warner Bros. Discovery, whose character merchandising division has partnered with multiple mints on similar one-ounce silver vehicles across Pacific island jurisdictions.
KM#717.1 suggests a die or finish variant within a broader release — likely distinguished from a non-colourised counterpart sharing the same basic strike.