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5 Tala Ninth Commandment
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Samoa occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield bearing a palm tree over wavy lines in the upper half and five stars of the Southern Cross constellation in the lower half, all set against a globe and encircled by olive branches. A Christian cross surmounts the shield above. The national motto legend FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA is inscribed on a scroll at the base of the arms. The country name SAMOA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination $5 appears in the lower field below the arms. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of a multi-coin "Ten Commandments" series issued by Samoa in the early 2010s, this piece belongs to a category of licensed religious themed commemoratives that proliferated through Pacific island minting programs during this period — jurisdictions with minimal domestic numismatic tradition but favorable licensing arrangements with European distribution houses, primarily operating through the Bavarian firm B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt. The ninth commandment's prohibition on false witness gave the series its most legally charged subject.