Reverse Right side features an image of taro (Colocasia esculenta). On the left, between the plant's leaves, is the inscription '10 SENE' in two lines in the Samoan language.
Obverse Along the upper edge from left to right is the Samoan text: 'MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II SAMOA I SISIFO', which translates to 'MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II WESTERN SAMOA'. The year of minting '2006' is at the bottom. The central part features a right-facing portrait of the chief and head of state, Malietoa Tanumafili II. Below the neck truncation are the initials 'HP' for the designer: Thomas Humphrey Paget.