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50 Tala - Tanumafili II The Endeavour
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Weight | 7.776 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued as part of a broader Pacific commemorative program that flooded collector markets throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, this piece belongs to a genre of gold issues produced by small island nations whose primary audience was always the philatelic and numismatic trade rather than domestic circulation. Samoa's formal coin-issuing program during this period was administered largely through external minting arrangements, with pieces of this type rarely if ever seeing the islands themselves.
The .5833 fineness — 14-karat gold — is characteristic of budget commemoratives from this era, chosen to keep gold content costs low while maintaining a nominal precious metal claim.