Designer: obverse: Thomas Humphrey Paget; reverse: George James Berry
Reference: KM# 17
Diameter: 32.4 mm
Reverse In the central part of the reverse is a relief image of banana fruits on a palm tree. To the left of it is an inscription in Samoan: «50 SENE» - 50 sene.
Obverse In the central part is the left-facing profile of Malietoa Tanumafili II. Below him is the year of issue: 1996, flanked by five-pointed stars. Around the edge of the coin is an inscription in Samoan: «MALIETOA TANUMAFILI II SAMOA I SISIFO» - Malietoa Tanumafili II, Western Samoa.