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1 Tala - Tanumafili II Weightlifting
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a male weightlifter in high relief, shown in a deep squat position performing a clean-and-jerk lift, with a heavily loaded barbell raised across his shoulders. An Olympic torch with a flaming crown is shown in the upper left field behind the athlete, and five stars arranged in the pattern of the Southern Cross appear in the left field. The engraver's initials JB appear at the lower right near the rim. The legend OLYMPIC GAMES curves along the upper periphery, and the date 1976 is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | OLYMPIC GAMES 1976 |
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Issued for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, this piece was part of a broader wave of commemorative coinage that flooded the market as smaller nations discovered Olympic licensing as a revenue stream during the 1970s. Samoa had only gained independence from New Zealand administration in 1962, and Tanumafili II — who would go on to hold the longest tenure of any head of state in Samoan history — lent his name to a series of issues that were frankly more collector-targeted than circulation-bound.
KM#22 saw limited domestic use. Most examples reached the secondary market through philatelic and numismatic bureaus rather than bank tills.