GREGORY TERRITORY COLLECTION
2009-S Clad America Samoa
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
| Item Description: |
25C 2009 S CLAD AMERICAN SAMOA |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 70 UC |
| Owner: |
MAGREGORY |
Owner Comments:
American Samoa first had contact from the West in the early 1700s. English missionaries and traders arrived in the 1830s. The United States was given claims over the area under the Treaty of Berlin of 1899. American Samoa officially became a United States territory in 1929.
The reverse design depicts several items from special Samoan ceremonies. The ava bowl is used to make a ceremonial drink for special events. The whisk and staff are symbolic of the rank of Samoan orator. The inscriptions read "American Samoa", "Samoa Muamua Le Atua" (translated: "Samoa, God is First"), "E Pluribus Unum", and the date. The reverse of the coin was designed by Stephen Clark and sculpted by Charles Vickers.