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20 Vatu Charlemagne
| Issuer | Vanuatu (1980-date) |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 20 VATU BLONG LONG GOD YUMI STANAP VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu. In God we stand.) |
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Vanuatu has no historical or geographical connection to Charlemagne whatsoever. The island nation, independent since 1980, issues coins like this one under licensing arrangements that allow foreign distributors to attach virtually any historical figure or theme to a legal-tender denomination — a practice that generates export revenue while the coins never circulate domestically. The 20 Vatu face value is nominal; no one spends them.
KM#163 is one of dozens of such issues attributed to Vanuatu in the modern era, produced almost entirely for the collector market through European and Asian distributors.