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5 Dollars Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars 5 WST = USD 1.82 |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA FA'AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA 30g Ag 999 5 DOLLARS |
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| Edge | Plain © artur_sz89 (CC BY-SA) |
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Samoa's lunar series coins are struck under license arrangements typical of Pacific island nations that generate revenue through numismatic programs rather than circulating coinage — the coins are legal tender in name only, with no expectation of ever seeing a cash register in Apia. The 2022 Tiger corresponds to the start of the Year of the Tiger on February 1st, timed deliberately to capture collector demand from both Western and Chinese-diaspora markets.
The tiger year recurs on a 12-year cycle; this particular issue falls in a Wood-adjacent transitional year under the sexagenary calendar, which some specialist dealers use to distinguish thematic subsets within lunar series holdings.