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50 Tala - Tanumafili II Konstantin Ziolkovsky
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 50 Tala 50 WST = TRY 827 |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Samoa are displayed centrally, featuring a quartered shield bearing the Southern Cross constellation of five stars and a coconut palm, surmounted by a cross and supported by two olive branches forming a wreath. A scroll at the base bears the national motto in the exergue. The legend SAMOA I SISIFO arcs around the upper field, with the denomination $50 inscribed below the shield. |
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| Reverse description | A right-facing bust portrait of Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, the Russian rocket scientist and space pioneer, occupies the left portion of the field, rendered in high relief with fine detail depicting his beard and spectacles. To the right of the portrait, three of his celebrated rocket propulsion equations are inscribed in the field, accompanied by a stylized comet or spacecraft symbol above them. The legend KONSTANTIN ZIOLKOVSKY curves along the left periphery, with the date 1993 inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | KONSTANTIN ZIOLKOVSKY 1993 |
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