The National currency of Samoa is Samoan Tala. The symbol is WS$. One tala is divided into 100 sene. The ISO 4217 code is WST. The coins in current use are 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 sene and 1 tala.
The currency notes in circulation are 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 tala. The Central Bank is Central Bank of Samoa.
In 1967, coins were minted for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 sene. These coins were casted, except for the bronze 1 and 2 sene in cupro-nickel. Aluminium-bronze 1 tala coins were issued in 1984.
In 1967, the Bank of Western Samoa issued currency notes for 1, 2 and 10 tala. 5 tala notes were included in 1980 by the Monetary Board of Western Samoa. In 1985, the Central Bank of Samoa issued its earliest notes for 2, 5, 10 and 20 tala, with 50 and 100 tala notes circulated in 1990. New, currency notes for 5 to 100 tala were circulated in late 2005. On the 1 August 2008 the central bank introduced a fresh series of banknotes from 5 to 100 tala.
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