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5 Tala Hubble Telescope
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 5 Tala |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Samoa occupies the right portion of the rectangular field, depicted in fine relief against a polished background and surmounted by the legend 'SAMOA 2015' above. The coat of arms features a quartered shield charged with the Southern Cross constellation of five stars and a coconut palm tree above waves, the whole ensigned with a Latin cross and encircled by a laurel wreath, with a scroll below bearing the national motto. The denomination '$5' appears in large numerals to the left of the arms, dominating the left half of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SAMOA 2015 $5 FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA (Translation: Samoa $5 Samoa is founded on God) |
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, was initially crippled by a spherical aberration in its primary mirror — a polishing error of just 2.2 micrometers rendered its first images blurred. The corrective optics mission, STS-61, flew in December 1993 and remains one of the most technically complex spacewalks ever performed. By 2015, when this coin was struck, Hubble had completed over a million observations and was deep into its fourth servicing mission's extended science program.
Samoa entered the commemorative silver market aggressively in the early 2010s, issuing numerous collector pieces tied to science and space themes through the New Zealand Mint.