Here is one which I think is also an undersold and under collected piece. There were only 4522 of these struck and they are VERY reasonable for the price if you can find one for sale. BYW, sterling is .925 silver. Take Care Ben
Ben,the cupro-nickel one of this Western Samoan 1 Tala coin often turns up over here in New Zealand,but the coin from Western Samoa that always turns up is the 1970 one commemorating the visit of Pope Paul VI of Rome to Western Samoa. Mind you,the reasons why Western Samoan coins turn up in New Zealand is because Western Samoa was under New Zealand administration between 1914 & 1961,& we have a very large population of Samoans,who are mainly in Auckland,& they go back to Western Samoa from time to time. Aidan.
Because Alcock and Brown didn't have their kids kidnapped resulting in massive tabloid exposure, even to Samoa.
Alcock & Brown were the first to successfully fly across the Atlantic Ocean.They started their route in Newfoundland & ended up crash-landing in a peat bog in Ireland. Ericl,I don't see the connection between Charles Lindbergh & the Nazis,as Lindbergh sounds like a Jewish surname. Aidan.
Charles Lindbergh became an American Nazi sympathizer in the 1930's. He supported the Nazi racial purity laws. His hometown even removed his name from places due to his support for Hitler. On a visit to Germany, Nazi leader Hermann Goering gave him a medal.
During the 1930's Lindbergh made many anti-semitic, pro-nazi, and isolationist public speechs. This was unusual for Lindbergh as he normally tended to avoid publicity.
I have this Lindbergh coin too... and I feel that the coin doesn't have a smooth,clear mirrored surface like most proofs. It looks more like a specimen UNC or prrof-like to me... or maybe it's just my coin. There's another tala coin which looks almost the same in design, commemorating Charles Kingsford Smith's pacific flight, issued a year later and the proof finishing looks much better.
There's a 2002 French 1.5 Euro coin that commemorates the 75th Anniversary of Lindbergh's flight. It is kind of sad that the United States didn't see fit to numismatically commemorate this historic event.
