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5 Tala Swains Island
| Issuer | Tokelau (New Zealand) |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 5 $ LIMA TALA |
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Swains Island sits in a bureaucratic grey zone that this coin quietly acknowledges. Administered by American Samoa but claimed by Tokelau, the island's sovereignty has been disputed for decades — the U.S. annexed it in 1925 over Tokelauian objections that have never fully subsided. A Tokelauan coin featuring Swains is less a geographic curiosity than a low-key political assertion.
Silver-plated copper-nickel rather than solid silver, which keeps it accessible but places it firmly in the collector-novelty category rather than bullion.