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10 Tala Ferdinand Magellan
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA I SISIFO FAVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA $ 10 (Translation: Western Samoa, God be the Foundation of Samoa $10) |
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| Mintage | 2003 - Proof |
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This issue marks the 2003 commemorative cycle tied to early European Pacific navigation, specifically Magellan's 1519–1522 expedition — the first circumnavigation of the globe, completed under Elcano after Magellan himself was killed in the Philippines at the Battle of Mactan in April 1521. Samoa sits roughly along the return corridor of that voyage, which gave Pacific island nations a loose geographic claim to the subject.
Struck for the collector market with no meaningful circulation history.