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1 Tala Artemis
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA 2016 FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA 0.5 g Au 585 $1 (Translation: God be the Foundation of Samoa) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Samoa's 1 Tala gold miniature series, of which this Artemis piece is part, belongs to a wave of fractional collector issues produced largely for the European novelty market in the 2010s. New Zealand's Reserve Bank has no role in Samoan coinage — the Samoa Tala is issued under independent monetary authority established after the country shed its UN Trust Territory status in 1962, a jurisdictional quirk that makes these small Pacific island mandates attractive to mint contractors seeking legal tender status for low-mintage collectibles.