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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a banknote-inspired rectangular design featuring a guilloche-patterned field composed of interlocking curved line work extending across the entire surface. At center, a raised circular cameo bears the right-facing diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, engraved by IRB in a contemporary portrait style. The legend SAMOA arcs above the central cameo, while the denomination 5 DOLLARS appears to the lower left and the date 2018 to the lower right, both in bold serif lettering. Below the portrait, the engraver's initials IRB appear within the cameo, flanked by the inscriptions 1 oz and Ag999. The Samoan coat of arms is depicted at the base of the central cameo. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a vibrant full-color printed depiction of deep space, dominated by swirling nebulae rendered in vivid hues of crimson, violet, cobalt blue, and gold against a star-scattered dark field, evoking imagery consistent with gamma-ray sky maps produced by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Numerous circular perforations of varying sizes are distributed across the field, representing gamma-ray sources detected by the telescope and serving as a distinctive design element. A small detailed color rendering of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope satellite appears at lower right. The legend FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE is inscribed in two lines at the lower right of the field in sans-serif capital letters. |
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