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| Uitgever | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Jaar | 2008-2017 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central vignette bears a portrait of HRH Malietoa Tanumafili II (Susuga, 1913–2007), Head of State of Samoa from 1962 until his death in 2007, set against a guilloche underprint. Bilingual inscriptions in Samoan and English identify the issuing authority and denomination, with the legal tender clause running along the lower margin. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse presents an architectural vignette of the Mulivai Immaculate Conception of Mary Roman Catholic Cathedral in Apia, constructed in 1885, rendered in fine intaglio line work. The National Coat of Arms of Samoa is positioned in the upper field, with denomination and issuing authority inscriptions in both Samoan and English completing the design. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Samoa's switch to a hybrid substrate for this high-denomination note preceded many larger economies and reflected a pragmatic response to the note's expected lifespan in tropical circulation conditions — humidity and heat degrade conventional cotton-linen paper far faster in the Pacific than standard replacement cycles account for. De La Rue's hybrid product offered meaningfully better durability without committing fully to polymer, which several Pacific island issuers had already adopted by this point.
The series ran nearly a decade before replacement, an unusually long issue window for a circulating high-value note in a small open economy where remittances — Samoa's are among the highest per capita in the world — put significant transactional pressure on the 100 Tālā denomination specifically.