50 Vatu de Bougainville

Issuer Vanuatu (1980-date)
Year 1994
Type Non-circulating coin
Value 50 Vatu
Currency Vatu (1982-date)
Composition Silver
Weight 31.47 g
Diameter 38.6 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#21
Obverse description 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.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering RIPABLIK 1994 BLONG VANATU
(Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand)
Reverse description Front portrait of French explorer, Louis de Bougainville. On the right an Earth globe with a sailing boat on top of it and a map book below.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering DE BOUGAINVILLE 1729-1811 50 VATU
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1994 - Proof - 10 000
Numisquare ID 3380330250
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