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1 Tala Titan Arum
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, with the date flanking or appearing above the portrait and a small rendition of the Samoan coat of arms positioned below. The legend incorporates the issuer name SAMOA, the year 2018, the royal cypher IRB, and the coin's specifications of weight and titanium fineness within the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA 2018 IRB 10 g Ti 990 |
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The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) blooms unpredictably — sometimes after a decade of dormancy — and each flowering lasts roughly 48 hours, drawing crowds to botanical gardens worldwide when it occurs. Samoa's choice of titanium as the striking material is a deliberate visual pun: the metal's natural grey approximates the spadix coloration in a way silver never could. This is one of a small run of numismatic titanium issues produced in the mid-2010s as mints explored the metal's unusual surface properties, which resist the toning and oxidation that complicate long-term storage of copper and silver pieces.