10 Sene 1974 [Samoa]

Coins-Australia and Oceania


10 Sene 1974 [Samoa]
  • Country: Samoa
  • Shape: Round
  • Weight: 5.65 g
  • Mintage: 1,580,000 pcs.
  • Metal: Cupronickel (copper-nickel)
  • Composition: Cu-Ni
  • Denomination: 10 sene
  • Currency unit: Sene
  • Orientation: Medal alignment
  • Designer: obverse: Thomas Humphrey Paget; reverse: George James Berry
  • Reference: KM# 15
  • Diameter: 23.6 mm
  • Reverse
    In the central part, a taro plant, a popular food crop in Africa. To the left, the large numeral 10, below it the inscription 'SENE' — 'ten sene'. At the bottom, the letters 'JB' — the engraver's mark of George James Berry.
  • Obverse
    In the upper part, following the curve of the coin's edge, the text 'MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II CAMOA I SISIFO' — Malietoa Tanumafili II, Head of the Independent State of Samoa and Sisifo. Below, the year of issue '1974'. The inscriptions are separated by two rosettes in the shape of a star. In the central part, the left-facing profile of Malietoa Tanumafili II. Below the neck truncation, the mint mark 'HP'.

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