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5 Dollars Golf Ball
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the full dimpled surface of the golf ball-shaped coin, entirely covered in white enamel (or gold enamel in the variant issue), faithfully replicating the appearance of a regulation golf ball. The surface is uniformly textured with the characteristic spherical dimple pattern across the entire field, with no additional inscriptions or devices. The sculptural three-dimensional form of the coin is most apparent from this aspect. |
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Samoa has issued novelty-shaped legal tender through the New Zealand Mint for years, and this piece belongs squarely in that lineage — a three-dimensional coin struck to resemble the surface dimpling of a golf ball. The dimple pattern on such coins requires a purpose-engineered die set that cannot be repurposed for standard planchet production, making the tooling cost per unit unusually high relative to mintage volumes typically authorized for this series.