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50 Vatu Potala Palace
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Vanuatu occupy the central field, depicting a Melanesian warrior in traditional dress standing before a curved boar's tusk emblem. A scroll below bears the national motto in Bislama. The issuer name 'RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU' arcs around the upper periphery, while the date '2009' appears above the arms and the motto legend 'LONG GOD YUMI STANAP' is inscribed on the lower scroll. |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 2009 BLONG LONG GOD YUMI STANAP VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand) |
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Vanuatu has no meaningful connection to Tibet or the Potala Palace — this is a bullion-adjacent commemorative issued purely for the collector export market, a practice the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu engaged in aggressively during the 2000s by licensing foreign imagery with no domestic historical relevance. The 1-gram gold format was popularized in this period as an accessible entry point for small-denomination precious metal collecting, particularly in Asian markets where the Potala subject had obvious commercial appeal.