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1/2 Dollar Harry Potter - Harry Potter and Hedwig
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and with elaborately styled hair, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear in the field below the truncation. The Samoan state arms, rendered in small relief, are positioned at the bottom centre of the field. The legend SAMOA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination HALF DOLLAR appears to the lower right of the effigy. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Samoa has been a prolific issuer of licensed pop-culture coinage since the early 2000s, operating largely through third-party distributors targeting the collector novelty market rather than any domestic monetary need. These pieces are legal tender in name only — face value is nominal, mintages are typically controlled and low, and distribution is almost entirely through secondary dealers.
The silver-plated copper-nickel composition places this firmly outside bullion territory.