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50 Tālā
| Issuer | Central Bank of Samoa |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 50 Tala (50 WST) |
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| Reverse lettering | FALETUPE TUTOTONU O SAMOA LIMA SEFULU TĀLĀ FIFTY TĀLĀ CENTRAL BANK OF SAMOA |
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| Protection description | Malietoa Tanumafili II portrait; embedded security thread |
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| Comments |
The 2006 series marked a consolidation of Samoan currency design following the country's 2002 decision to drop the "Western" prefix from its official name — a symbolic break from the colonial-era designation that had distinguished it from American Samoa. The 50 Tālā sits at the top of this series and was printed by De La Rue, who have produced Samoan notes since the earliest independent-era issues.
Security on this note is relatively modest for a high denomination — watermark and security thread only, without the optically variable devices that De La Rue was incorporating into higher-security commissions around the same period.