1 Tala (First Transpacific Flight) – Samoa

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 50th Anniversary - First Transpacific Flight

Samoa

Context

Year: 1978

Issuer: Samoa

Currency:

Tala

(since 1967)

Total mintage: 5,000

Material

Diameter: 38.74 mm

Weight: 31.47 g

Silver weight: 29.11 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 92.5% Silver

Standard: Silver ounce

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Medal alignment

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References

KM: #28a

Numista: #131699

Value

Exchange value: 1 WST

Bullion value: $82.73

Obverse

Description:

National arms, name beneath.

Inscription:

SAMOA I SISIFO

FAAVAE I LE ATUA SAMOA

$ 1

Translation:

Found in God, Samoa

$ 1

Script: Latin

Language: Samoan

Reverse

Description:

Map of the first Pacific flight, with a left-facing portrait of Charles Kingsford Smith, his signature, and the date.

Inscription:

FIRST PACIFIC FLIGHT

U.S.A.

1928

HAWAII

SAMOA

FIJI

AUSTRALIA

N.Z.

CKingsfordSmith

JB

1978

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Engraver: George James Berry

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Name	Mark
Royal Australian Mint	—

Mintings

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1978	—	5,000	Proof

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