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50 Tala - Tanumafili II Football World Cup
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two association football players depicted in dynamic action: one player in a sliding tackle in the left foreground, while a second standing player controls the ball at right. A football is shown at lower right between the figures. The legend WORLD CUP '94 arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 1993 inscribed in the left field below the legend. |
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Issued to coincide with the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States, Samoa's participation in this commemorative market was purely commercial — the nation had no qualifying presence in the tournament. The 14-karat gold specification is an unusual choice for a commemorative of this type; most sovereign gold issues of the period defaulted to .999 or .9167 fineness, and the .5833 alloy places this squarely in the category of lower-cost bullion-adjacent commemoratives targeted at thematic collectors rather than investors.
Tanumafili II, who co-held the position of O le Ao o le Malo until his death in 2007, was the world's longest-serving head of state at the time of issue.