Samoa's 2 Tala in aluminium bronze replaced an earlier cupro-nickel issue as part of a broader redenomination and recoinage program the Central Bank undertook in 2011, consolidating the circulating series after years of parallel coinage. The switch to aluminium bronze was partly a cost-driven decision — rising global nickel prices had made the older alloy increasingly uneconomical for high-denomination circulation coinage.
Samoa's 2 Tala in aluminium bronze replaced an earlier cupro-nickel issue as part of a broader redenomination and recoinage program the Central Bank undertook in 2011, consolidating the circulating series after years of parallel coinage. The switch to aluminium bronze was partly a cost-driven decision — rising global nickel prices had made the older alloy increasingly uneconomical for high-denomination circulation coinage.