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5 Dollars The Brain
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 62 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dorsal view of a human brain rendered entirely in three-dimensional high relief, with meticulously detailed convolutions, gyri, and sulci covering both cerebral hemispheres in a highly naturalistic anatomical style. The longitudinal fissure divides the two hemispheres along the central axis, and the intricate surface texture of the cerebral cortex is faithfully reproduced across the entire field. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse, allowing the sculptural form to dominate the composition. The overall silhouette of the coin follows the organic contour of the brain, giving the piece a distinctive sculptural character. |
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Samoa's central bank has made a habit of licensing pop-culture novelty issues through distribution networks that bear little relationship to the island's domestic monetary system — these coins are minted for the collector market almost exclusively, with circulation a legal fiction. "The Brain" presumably pulls from licensed entertainment IP, a category that has flooded the numismatic secondary market since roughly 2010 and tends to depreciate sharply once the associated fandom cools.