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5 Tala SMS Bismarck
| Issuer | Samoa |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 5 Tala |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | SAMOA I SISIFO FA`AVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA $5 (Translation: Western Samoa God be the Foundation of Samoa) |
| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief rendering of the German Imperial corvette S.M.S. Bismarck under full sail occupies the central field, depicted in three-quarter view with sails billowing and rigging clearly delineated. The vessel is shown underway on stylised waves. In the lower field, the series legend HISTORY OF SEAFARING arcs above the ship's name S.M.S. Bismarck, with the date 2008 inscribed in the exergue below. |
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