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1 Sene - Tanumafili II Silver Proof issue
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Value | 1 Sene |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing portrait bust of Malietoa Tanumafili II, Head of State of Samoa, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The effigy is unadorned and naturalistically modelled in the style of Thomas Humphrey Paget. A circular legend surrounds the portrait reading MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II SAMOA I SISIFO, with the date 1974 positioned at the lower portion of the coin between decorative star stops. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Samoa's 1974 proof series was struck to coincide with the country's first decade of independence, achieved in 1962 as the first Pacific Island nation to shed colonial administration. Tanumafili II, who co-held the O le Ao o le Malo — the head of state position — from independence, would go on to become the world's first reigning Bahá'í head of state after his conversion in 1968, a fact that generated considerable international attention at the time.
The .925 silver proof sene were never intended for circulation; the face value was essentially nominal against the production cost.