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2 Tālā
| Issuer | Monetary Board of Western Samoa |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Currency | Tala (1967-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | KOMITI FAATINO O TUPE A SAMOA I SISIFO LUA TĀLĀ TWO TĀLĀ MONETARY BOARD OF WESTERN SAMOA (Translation: Western Samoa Finance Executive Committee, Two Tālā) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Western Samoa's adoption of the tālā in 1967 replaced the pound at a rate of two tālā to one pound, but the first generation of notes under the Monetary Board were plain affairs, heavily reliant on De La Rue's standard colonial-era house style. By the 1980 issue, the board had enough institutional confidence to commission a cleaner, more regionally distinct series — though De La Rue retained the contract, as they had for virtually every Pacific island issuer of the period.
The watermark security is the sole anti-counterfeiting measure, which was already considered minimal by 1980 standards. Western Samoa's tiny circulation economy made sophisticated security a low priority.