Catalog
5 Dollars Skateboard
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse occupies the upper portion of the skateboard-shaped coin, presenting the top surface of the deck as seen from above. The surface is rendered with an antique finish, imparting a matte, opaque quality to the field that evokes the worn texture of a well-used skateboard deck. No additional legends or inscriptions appear on this face, allowing the sculptural form and surface treatment to serve as the primary design element. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Samoa's collector coin program has leaned heavily into pop-culture and lifestyle themes over the past decade, issuing through the New Zealand Mint under licensing arrangements that give the island nation's name to coins with no domestic circulation function whatsoever. This piece is one of them — a bullion-adjacent commemorative aimed squarely at thematic collectors rather than numismatists.
Skateboarding was added to the Olympic program at Tokyo 2020, which triggered a wave of skating-themed issues from small issuing authorities worldwide. Samoa had no particular connection to the sport.