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10 Vatu Olympic Games-Gymnast
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Vatu (1982-date) |
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| Reverse description | A finely rendered full-length figure of a female gymnast in a dynamic arabesque pose occupies the right half of the field, her arms extended and one leg raised, executed in high relief against a mirror-like proof background. To the left of the figure, the denomination '10 VATU' is inscribed in two lines in the mid-field. The legend 'OLYMPIC GAMES' arcs along the left periphery from bottom to upper left, and the date '1996' is placed at the top of the field near the rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | OLYMPIC GAMES 1996 10 VATU |
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Vanuatu's commemorative program in the 1990s leaned heavily on Olympic tie-ins, a strategy common among small Pacific island nations whose mints — typically the Pobjoy Mint or the Royal Australian Mint — actively solicited these contracts as a reliable revenue stream. The 1996 issue coincides with the Atlanta Games. At .500 fineness, this is barely silver by collector standards, a cost-cutting specification that kept face value credible while margins stayed healthy for the issuer.