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50 Vatu Olympic Games 1996
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 1994 BLONG VANUATU (Translation: the Republic of Vanuatu) |
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Vanuatu's participation in the 1996 Atlanta Games marked only the Pacific nation's fourth appearance at a Summer Olympics, having sent its first team to Los Angeles in 1984 — the same year the country issued its earliest commemorative coinage. These Olympic silver issues were produced well ahead of the Games under a licensing arrangement common to small-nation commemoratives of the period, where the issuing authority had no meaningful connection to actual athletic participation and production was typically contracted to overseas mints.
The two-year gap between strike date and the event it commemorates is worth noting for registry purposes.