200 years of US independence in Samoa.

So here we have the Samoan Tala, nominal - 1. The year of issue of this coin is 1976. Total circulation - 40000.

Samoa, country in the central South Pacific Ocean, among the westernmost of the island countries of Polynesia. Capital of the Samoa - Apia, total population - 203,900.

The issue of the coin coincides with the 200th anniversary of American independence. On the reverse is an image Malietoa Tanumafili II (1940 – 2007), addressed Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, was the Malietoa, the title of one of Samoa's four paramount chiefs, and the head of state, or O le Ao o le Malo, a position that he held for life, of Samoa from 1962 to 2007.

He was co-head of state in 1962 with the tama-a-'aiga Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole and became the sole head of state on 15 April 1963 upon the death of his counterpart. At the time of his death, he was the oldest national leader in the world, and was also the last incumbent president-for-life in the world. His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II was also the first head of state to be a follower of the Baha'i Faith.