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10 Vatu John Paul II & Arafat
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a coloured commemorative scene depicting Pope John Paul II and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat clasping hands during their historic meeting in Bethlehem in the year 2000. The papal coat of arms of John Paul II is positioned to the left of the central figures. Encircling legends identify the subjects and the commemorative theme, with date references to both the year of issue and the year of the depicted event. The inscription 'RECONCILIATION OF RELIGIONS' arcs prominently across the upper field. |
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Vanuatu has issued a long series of silver-plated commemoratives pairing improbable combinations of world figures, and this piece is among the more striking examples — John Paul II, who died in 2005, and Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004, sharing a coin issued seven years after both were dead. Neither figure had any particular connection to Vanuatu. These are collector novelties produced for the international souvenir market, with the Reserve Bank lending its name to issues that bear no relationship to domestic monetary policy or history.