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100 Tala - Tanumafili II Olympic Boxing
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Value | 100 Tala |
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| Reverse description | Two boxers depicted in dynamic mid-bout action, facing one another in the central field, rendered in a bold relief style evocative of Olympic athletic imagery. An Olympic torch with flame rises from the lower left field. The legend 'OLYMPIC GAMES' arcs prominently along the upper periphery, while the date '1984' is inscribed along the lower periphery. The engraver's initials 'ER' appear in small letters in the lower central field. |
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| Reverse lettering | OLYMPIC GAMES ER 1984 |
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Issued to mark Samoa's participation in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, this piece belongs to a wave of small-nation gold commemoratives that flooded the market in the early 1980s as the Franklin Mint and similar producers actively solicited contracts from Pacific island governments. Tanumafili II, who held joint Head of State status with Malietoa Tanumafili II until 1963 before becoming sole Head of State, lent his name to dozens of such issues across this decade.
Boxing was one of the few Olympic disciplines where smaller Pacific nations could realistically field competitive athletes, which explains the subject choice.