Vanuatu 1981 10000 vatu

Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75821

This specimen was lot 75821 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "VANUATU. 10000 Vatu, 1981. Llantrisant Mint. NGC MS-69. An alluring and handsome example yielding rich luster and handsome nearly flawless appeal." Vanuatu was formerly the New Hebrides islands, a condominium of France and Great Britain, and obtained her independence in 1980. The economy is dependent on exports of frozen fish.

Recorded mintage: 538 plus 1,054 proofs.

Specifications: 15.98 g, 0.917 fine gold, 27 mm diameter, 0.4711 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-1; KM-2.

Sources:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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