An Emergency Coin for a Country That No Longer Exists
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A fascinating area of focus in numismatics is collecting coins for countries that no longer exist. Emergency issues are often prized coins. Generally, these coins are made in times of desperation and withdrawn quickly after they are issued. One very intriguing emergency issue was made for a country that no longer exists, the New Hebrides 1982 coins.
The 1982 New Hebrides emergency issues are problematic coins as they have been recorded in all denominations in different catalogs. The 1982 Franc and 5 Franc coins were minted, but most were melted; however, examples of both denominations exist today. Collectors and numismatists debate their placement as a coin of New Hebrides, as stated on the coin, or of Vanuatu – the country they were minted for since New Hebrides no longer existed in 1982. Currently, PCGS has certified only three examples of the 1982 Franc and none from other denominations.
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Similarly GosBank in Moscow was issuing 200 and 500 Ruble notes dated1992 in the name of the USSR - which had ceased to exist in December 1991.
I think the country is now called Vanuatu, like British Honduras is now Belize.