50 Vatu Voyager 1

50 Vatu (Voyager 1) - obverse50 Vatu (Voyager 1) - reverse

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Features

Issuer VanuatuVanuatu (1980-date)
Period Republic (1980-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1992
Value 50 Vatu
50 VUV = USD 0.42
Currency Vatu (1982-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 31.47 g
Diameter 38 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
197736
References KM# 11
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Voyager 1

Obverse

The Vanuatu coat of arms featuring a Melanesian warrior standing in front of a curved boar's tooth above a scroll reading "LONG GOD YUMI STANAP".
Value above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RIPABLIK 1992 BLONG
VANUATU
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP

Translation:
Republic of Vanuatu
In God We Stand

Reverse

Voyager 1 craft and planets

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VOYAGER 1 · 1977
50 VATU

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Voyager 1 is a space probe that was launched by NASA on September 5, 1977. It relayed images of Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980. The spacecraft still communicates with NASA. It is the most distant man-made object from Earth.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1992  10 000 Proof

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