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1 Tala - Tanumafili II Tempora Mutantur
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A classical male figure, nude to the waist, is depicted in dynamic profile striding forward and raising a flaming torch aloft with his right arm, set against a background of radiating lines suggesting light and motion. The composition evokes the spirit of the new millennium and the passage of time. The encircling legend 'TEMPORA MUTANTUR' — Latin for 'Times are changing' — arcs along the upper border of the coin. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Latin phrase "tempora mutantur" — "times change" — was chosen for this issue as Samoa navigated a period of constitutional and economic modernization under Tanumafili II, who held office as Head of State for life following independence. Unlike his co-Head of State Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole, who died in 1963, Tanumafili II remained in the role alone until his death in 2007, making him one of the longest-serving heads of state in the Pacific.