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20 Vatu Raccoon
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 20 VATU BLONG LONG GOD YUMI STANAP VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God we stand) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Vanuatu has no native raccoon population — the species is endemic to the Americas — making this one of the more geographically incongruous entries in the Pacific island nation's collector coin program. The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu has issued numerous wildlife-themed silver pieces clearly aimed at the international collector market rather than domestic circulation, a practice common among small sovereign issuers whose numismatic programs function primarily as foreign currency earners.
KM#89 saw limited distribution through specialist dealers in Europe and North America.