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2 Dollars Niuafo´Ou
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-color printed portrait of a Weimaraner dog, depicted face-on with characteristic grey-blue coat, floppy ears, and alert amber eyes, rendered in realistic detail using colorized paper technique on a darkened steel field. The breed name 'Weimaraner' is inscribed in curved lettering along the upper rim. The date '2023' appears in the lower right field of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Niuafo'ou is a Tongan island, not Samoan — its appearance on a Samoan-issued coin reflects the collector-market practice of Pacific micro-states licensing their names and nominal face values to private minting operations with no meaningful connection to the depicted subject. The "Steel (Paper colorized)" composition note signals a polymer or laminated novelty construction aimed squarely at the thematic bullion and novelty collector market rather than any circulating monetary purpose.