Welcome to my blog for worldwide Banknotes, Coins and Numismatic related collections.............Numismatics is the study or collection of currency including paper money, coins, tokens and related objects. The discipline also includes the broader study of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the exchange of goods........"The artwork on a country's currency usually contains historical and cultural references and is a source of national pride"
Saturday, 4 October 2014
Independent State of Samoa
Independent State of Samoa, 2 (two) Tala (WST), Plastic Note (Polymer)
Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. Contact with Europeans began in the early 18th century. Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman was the first known European to sight the Samoan islands in 1722.
