5 Tala Fourth Commandment

Part of a series issued by Samoa commemorating the Ten Commandments, this coin was produced under a licensing arrangement typical of the Pacific island commemorative trade — where sovereign mint rights are leased to private distributors, chiefly the Coin Invest Trust of Liechtenstein. Samoa itself has no mint; production almost certainly occurred in Europe.

The Fourth Commandment — observing the Sabbath — has distinct textual differences between Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish canonical traditions, affecting its numbering relative to the others. Which version this series follows is worth confirming before cataloging in a religious or thematic collection.