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10 Tala Berlin Wall
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 10 Tala |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Samoa occupies the central field, featuring a shield bearing a stylised palm tree above ocean waves with five stars of the Southern Cross constellation in the lower portion, all set against a globe. The shield is flanked by two olive branches forming a wreath, surmounted by a Christian cross. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto in the legend. The legend 'SAMOA 2014' arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination '$10' inscribed in the lower field below the motto scroll. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE FALL OF THE WALL NOVEMBER 9th 1989 - 2014 |
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Issued as part of a wave of commemorative silver struck for the 25th anniversary of the Wall's fall, this coin belongs to a crowded field — dozens of mints and sovereign issuers worldwide produced similar pieces for November 2014. Samoa, like several small Pacific nations, licenses its coinage authority to private minting firms, meaning the numismatic connection to Apia is largely nominal. The actual production almost certainly originated in a European private mint.
The Berlin Wall fell on the night of November 9, 1989, not as a planned policy decision but through a bureaucratic misreading of new travel regulations announced at a press conference by East German spokesman Günter Schabowski.