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10 Vatu Triceratops
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Vanuatu depicted at centre, featuring a Melanesian warrior standing before a curved boar's tusk, enclosed within a decorative border populated by various dinosaur motifs in high relief. The denomination appears above the arms, with the national motto legend LONG GOD YUMI STANAP inscribed on a scroll below. The outer legend reads RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU, identifying the issuing nation. |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 10 VATU BLONG LONG GOD YUMI STANAP VANUATU (Translation: In God we stand Republic of Vanuatu) |
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Vanuatu has no dinosaur fossil record whatsoever. The triceratops lived in what is now western North America, extinct roughly 66 million years before Vanuatu's volcanic islands finished forming. This coin exists purely as a bullion collectible marketed to thematic series buyers, issued under the Reserve Bank's authority but bearing no meaningful relationship to Vanuatu's history, economy, or natural heritage. The 155-gram format places it squarely in the large-format silver bullion category that Pacific island nations have increasingly licensed to private minting programs since the 2010s.