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1 Tala - Tanumafili II Robert Louis Stevenson
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter length portrait of the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson is depicted seated and facing left, shown in the act of writing. To the upper left of his figure, his birth city and year 'EDINBURGH 1850' and his place and year of death 'VAILIMA 1894' are inscribed. The circular legend 'ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' curves along the upper periphery, while his Samoan honorific title 'TUSITALA' (meaning 'Teller of Tales') appears at the base, completing the commemorative design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON EDINBURGH ★ 1850 VAILIMA ✠ 1894 TUSITALA |
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