Samoa new 60-tala CHOGM commemorative note (B129a) confirmed

These notes commemorate the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), held in Apia, Samoa from 21 to 26 October 2024. They are like the preceding issues, but with a CHOGM hologram on front developed by IQ Structures using nanoDOVID, and serial numbers starting with 060, chosen because of Samoa’s recent 60th anniversary of independence.

B129 (PNL): 60 tala (US$25)

Brown, blue, red, and black. Front: English and Samoan text; CHOGM hologram; fly whisk as registration device; Samoan flag on shoreline; 60th anniversary logo; current Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Matāa’fa; coat of arms of Samoa. Back: English and Samoan text; coat of arms of Samoa; Samoan flag on pole; Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Matāa’fa Faumuina Mulinuu II and New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake lowering their countries’ flags on Independence Day on 1 June 1962; 60th annivefrsary logo; fly whisk as registration device;. Blue-to-green windowed security thread with demetalized fly whisk and 60. Watermark: Teuila flower and electrotype CBS. Printer: (De La Rue). 140 x 72 mm. Paper.

a. No date. Sig. 7: Molioo/Ainuu-Enari. Prefix ST.
1,000 notes. Intro: 21.10.2024. 

Courtesy of Stane Stane (polymernotes.org) and Don Ludwig.

Leave a Reply