The Coin of Western Samoa is known as the Tala, which is a four letter word. The Tala is the official currency of the Independent State of Samoa and was introduced in 1967. It is divided into 100 sene and is issued by the Central Bank of Samoa. The coins come in denominations of 5, 10, 20, and 50 sene, as well as 1 and 2 tala. The banknotes come in denominations of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 tala.