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100 Tala Dr. Wilhelm Solf
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Western Samoan coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield bearing five stars of the Southern Cross above horizontal lines, set within a globe encircled by a wreath of olive branches, and surmounted by a cross. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA. The legend SAMOA I SISIFO arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination $100 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA I SISIFO FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA $ 100 (Translation: Western Samoa God be the Foundation of Samoa) |
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Wilhelm Solf served as Governor of German Samoa from 1900 to 1911, pursuing a notably paternalistic but comparatively non-exploitative colonial administration that earned him an unusual degree of goodwill among Samoan chiefs. When New Zealand forces occupied the islands in August 1914 — one of the first Allied military actions of World War I — they did so without a shot fired, in part because Solf had cultivated a climate of order rather than resentment. This 1980 issue was part of Samoa's broader commemorative gold program marking figures from the colonial period.