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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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| Value | 5 Tala |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SAMOA 5 DOLLARS 2018 IRB 1 oz Ag999 |
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The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, launched by NASA in June 2008, was renamed from GLAST — Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope — in honor of Enrico Fermi following its successful orbit insertion. The renaming acknowledged Fermi's foundational work on high-energy particle physics, though he died in 1954, more than half a century before the instrument that bears his name detected its first gamma-ray burst.
Samoa has issued a sustained run of science and space-themed collector pieces through this period, nearly all struck to the same 1 troy ounce .999 fine specification.