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5 Dollars Golden Snitch 3D
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 85 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SAMOA 2022 FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA 3 oz 5 DOLLARS Ag 999 (Translation: Samoa is founded on God) |
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Samoa's numismatic program has leaned heavily into licensed pop-culture issues since the 2010s, with the Central Bank contracting production through external minting houses — in this case almost certainly the Mayer Mint or a comparable European facility, as Samoa operates no domestic mint. The Golden Snitch piece is part of a broader wave of Wizarding World-licensed collector coins that flooded the market in the early 2020s, issued simultaneously across multiple Pacific and small-nation jurisdictions to exploit favorable licensing windows.
At 85 grams of .999 silver with selective gold plating, the production cost sits well above face value, making the $5 denomination purely nominal.