Gold Half Gram 2022 Sesame Street - Cookie Monster, Coin from Samoa - detailed information

The currency of Samoa is the Tālā, the name of which is a transliteration of the English words Dollar; it was introduced in 1967. On coinage sometimes the English word is inscribed, especially on commemorative and bullion coins not intended to circulate within the country.

Samoa has authorised some private mints to issue coins under its jurisdiction, which come in a variety of sizes - including in the internationally popular half gram of gold mini-coin format, such as this one.

Struck from half gram of gold, the coin features the Cookie Monster from children's show Sesame Street.

Sesame Street is one of the most successful television series for preschool children. In Germany, the first episode was broadcast in 1971. The half-hour episodes consist of six to ten smaller individual contributions, which are usually thematically independent of each other.

The Cookie Monster is one of the central characters in Sesame Street and is characterised by his blue fur and rolling eyes, as well as his insatiable appetite for cookies which he makes clear with the unmistakable exclamation "Me want cookie!" - this often happens independently of the context and current topic of conversation of the characters.