Vanuatu has no historical connection to the Eiffel Tower whatsoever. These small-format gold issues — struck by private minting houses under licensing arrangements with compliant Pacific island monetary authorities — exist purely as collectibles engineered for the bullion souvenir market. The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu provided the legal tender framework; the commercial decisions were made elsewhere.
Vanuatu has no historical connection to the Eiffel Tower whatsoever. These small-format gold issues — struck by private minting houses under licensing arrangements with compliant Pacific island monetary authorities — exist purely as collectibles engineered for the bullion souvenir market. The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu provided the legal tender framework; the commercial decisions were made elsewhere.