Like B116a, but new signatures (Liuga/Ainuu-Enari), and new decorative pattern overprinted on the designs at top and bottom borders on front and back.Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Max Keller.Read More…
Like B118a, but new signatures (Liuga/Ainuu-Enari) and new decorative pattern overprinted on the designs at top and bottom borders on front and back. Courtesy of Gaetano Trabattoni (Delcampe store), Claudio Marana, Martin Burger, and Kai Hwong.Read More…
5- and 20-tala notes (B113b and B115b, respectively) have been confirmed with signatures of Faumuina Tiatia Faaolatane Liuga and Maiava Atalina Ainuu-Enari. Both issued in 2012. Courtesy of Claudio Marana, Martin Burger, and Kai Hwong.Read More…
According to a Central Bank of Samoa press release, the bank has issued two commemorative collectible coins and a limited edition 50-tala (US$22) banknote for circulation to mark Samoa’s 50th Independence Day on 1 June 2012. This note is like the preceding issues, but with 50th ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE belowRead More…
According to a Radio New Zealand International posting on 5 April 2011, the Central Bank of Samoa plans to replace the polymer 2-tala (B107) note with a coin, and also plans to reduce the size of its coinange, all in an effort to save money in the face of risingRead More…
5 tala (US$1.95) Red. Front: English and Samoan text; beach. Back: English and Samoan text; Robert Louis Stevenson’s former house (current residence of head of state) in Vailima; coat of arms. Windowed security thread with demetalized CBS. Watermark: Malietoa Tanumafili II, electrotype CBS, and Cornerstones. Printer: (De La Rue). 139Read More…