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  • 2 Vatu 1983-2002, KM# 4, Vanuatu
  • 2 Vatu 1983-2002, KM# 4, Vanuatu
Obverse

The Coat of arms of Vanuatu features a Melanesian warrior holding the spear standing before the mountain superimposed on the boar's tusk encircling two crossed namele fern fronds and the golden scroll on the bottom with the National Motto that reads LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (In Bislama for, "IN GOD WE STAND").

RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU
1983
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP

Reverse

Holed shell of Charonia tritonis used as trumpet.

Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet or the giant triton, is a species of very large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ranellidae, the tritons. Reaching up to two feet (or 60 cm) in shell length this is one of the biggest mollusks in the coral reef.

The shell is well known as a decorative object, and is sometimes modified for use as a trumpet (such as the Japanese horagai, the Maldivian sangu or the Māori pūtātara).

2
VATU

Edge

2 Vatu

KM# 4
Characteristics
Material Nickel Brass
Weight 3 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1.38 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Mint

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