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100 Vatu Kingfisher
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 1994 BLONG VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand) |
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Vanuatu gained independence from joint British-French colonial administration in 1980, and the Reserve Bank began issuing commemorative gold almost immediately — an unusual move for a newly sovereign Pacific nation with a population under 150,000 at the time. The .583 fineness, sometimes called 14-karat, was a deliberate cost-containment choice that kept these issues accessible to regional collectors without committing to the .900 or .999 standards more typical of major mint programs.
Mintages for this series were extremely low, with most issues pressed by foreign contract mints rather than any domestic facility.