50 Vatu

Features

Issuer	Vanuatu › Vanuatu (1980-date)
Period	Republic (1980-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1983-2009
Value	50 Vatu (50 VUV)
Currency	Vatu (1982-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	15 g
Diameter	33 mm
Thickness	2.25 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	28 February 2016
Number	N# 7751
References	KM# 8 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 21 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

The Vanuatu coat of arms featuring a Melanesian warrior standing in front of a curved boar's tooth above a scroll reading "LONG GOD YUMI STANAP".
Value above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RIPABLIK 1983 BLONG
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP
VANUATU

Translation:
Republic of Vanuatu
With God we stand

Reverse

Yam tubers (genus Dioscorea), important food crop in Vanuatu, surrounded by stems of the plant. Value above

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50
VATU

Edge

Milled

Mints

	Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1983		$ 1.70	$ 2.60	$ 3.40	$ 3.40	Royal Mint	34%
1983					$ 3.50	Royal Mint; BU	2%
1983						Royal Mint; Proof	1.9%
1990	$ 1.40	$ 2.20	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	Royal Mint	25%
1995						Royal Mint	0.8%
1999		$ 1.50	$ 2.30	$ 2.50	$ 2.50	Royal Mint	19%
2002						Royal Mint	6%
2009		$ 2.50	$ 2.50	$ 2.50	$ 2.50	Royal Australian Mint	34%

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