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50 Vatu Earth Pigeons
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 31.47 g |
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| Reverse description | Two Earth Pigeons (Ptilinopus tannensis) are portrayed in the central field in naturalistic style, commemorating the endangered wildlife series. The legend ENDANGERED WILDLIFE arcs along the upper left periphery in a clockwise direction, while the denomination 50 VATU appears along the lower right portion of the design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Vanuatu's didactic conservation coinage of the early 1990s targeted the endemic fruit pigeons of the archipelago at a moment when logging concessions were accelerating habitat loss across the outer islands. The Vanuatu government had signed onto CITES protections, and these issues were partly diplomatic currency — proof of environmental commitment to international bodies.
KM#13 was struck by the Royal Australian Mint under contract.