on the obverse (front) it has the seal of western samoa. it says samoa i
sisifo  and at the bottom $1

on the reverse (back) is a pretty large dipiction of  FDR in a wheelchair
top half of coin in an arc just says "president roosevelt"   bottom in an
arc "IYDP  A SMALL CREST THEN 1981

IT is 1 tala. that is the samoa dollar.

the foriegn coin collector expert for our club says there were 8,000 minted
not a high mintage.

they are relativly cheap compared to american coins of that few minted.
   if i see another i'll let you know.maybe the guy at the club can tell me
how to get you one.

 -----Original Message-----
From: Robin Frisch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 12:51 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: big coin with roosevelt in wheel chair


I would love to see the coin too! Zach is very into history, he wants to be
a
history teacher when he grows up. Add that to the fact that FDR overcame
many
obstacles and was a President in a wheel chair (Zach is also in a
wheelchair)
and I probably would have almost bid my life savings for that coin! Well,
maybe almost my life savings, well maybe the grocery money for the week!!

Can you tell  us exactly what it says on the coin? I would love to do some
digging around and see if I can come up with a picture of it on the Internet
somewhere. What a neat find!!
Robin