New Hebrides 1966 100 francs

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is from a type struck at Paris for New Hebrides in 1966. It is the only silver coin struck for the colony, which obtained independence in 1980 as Vanuatu.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.835 fine silver, 36 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1979 500 francs, Year of the Child
• Coins and currency dated 1966
• return to New Hebrides