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10 Vatu Tiger
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Vatu (1982-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 10 VATU BLONG LONG GOD YUMI STANAP VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God, we stand) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vanuatu's Reserve Bank has issued a series of large-format bimetallic pieces over the past decade primarily targeting the collector and bullion novelty market rather than domestic circulation — the archipelago's everyday economy runs on far smaller denominations. A 155-gram coin has no practical monetary function in Port Vila or anywhere else in the ni-Vanuatu economy.
The tiger has no particular zoological or cultural connection to Vanuatu, which has no native big cat fauna. Its appearance here reflects the export-market logic of collector coinage from small Pacific issuers, where exotic imagery drives sales to overseas buyers.