Catalog
50 Vatu The Boudeuse
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#16, Schön#30 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The French frigate La Boudeuse is depicted in full sail on open seas, rendered in fine detail with rigging and hull visible. To the right of the vessel, a portrait of Captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville is shown, holding a sextant as an attribute of his celebrated circumnavigation of the globe (1766–1769). The legend THE BOUDEUSE arcs along the upper field, with the denomination 50 VATU inscribed in the lower field beneath the central design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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