Catalog
50 Tālā
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2008-2017 |
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| Value | 50 Tala |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Watermark |
| Protection description | Embedded security thread visible as a vertical stripe; watermark incorporating the oval carved motif design visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
The hybrid substrate — a paper-polymer composite rather than full polymer — places this issue in a transitional phase for Pacific island currency production, when De La Rue was actively marketing the format as a durability compromise for central banks with limited note-replacement infrastructure. Samoa's circulation conditions, humid and hard on paper, made the argument easy.
The 2014 signature variety is distinguished by a modified lower margin on both faces — a quiet but cataloguable change that often gets misattributed to a separate issue rather than recognised as a mid-series revision within the same Pick number.