Banknotes VANUATU - a catalog of coins of different countries: modern coins and banknotes of all countries of the world, samples, gold and silver coins, photos and description.
Monetary unit: vatu = 100 centimes.
Banknotes in circulation: 200,1000, 2000 and 10 vatu. Issuing Bank - The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu.
Vatu (sign: Vt; code: VUV) is the national currency of the Republic of Vanuatu (translated from Bislama - “stone").
The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu has launched a new series of polymer banknotes to mark the 30th anniversary of independence. On July 28, 2010, the first banknote with a denomination of 10 vatu was issued.
POLYMER Banknotes of the main circulation
SERIES 2010-2014:
200 cotton. Obverse: in the center of the Banknote there is an image from the coat of arms of the country: Aboriginal with a spear and National Creed: "Long God Yumi Stanap". Above the image there is an inscription in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | 200 | TWO HUNDRED VATU (Reserve Bank of Rwanda | 200 | two hundred vatu). Below the image there is an inscription in French: DEUX CENTS VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU (two hundred vatu | Reserve Bank of Rwanda). The denomination is indicated in the lower left corner and in the upper central part of the banknote.
This banknote has been in circulation since 2014.
1000 vatu. Obverse: in the center of the Banknote there is an image from the coat of arms of the country: Aboriginal with a spear and National Creed: "Long God Yumi Stanap". Above the image there is an inscription in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | 1000 | ONE THOUSAND VATU (Reserve Bank of Rwanda | 1000 | thousand vatu). Below the image there is an inscription in French: MILLE VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU (thousand watts | Reserve Bank of Rwanda). The denomination is indicated in the lower left corner and in the upper central part of the banknote.
This banknote has been in circulation since 2014.
2000 cotton. Obverse: in the center of the Banknote there is an image from the coat of arms of the country: Aboriginal with a spear and National Creed: "Long God Yumi Stanap". Above the image there is an inscription in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | 2000 | TWO THOUSAND VATU (Reserve Bank of Rwanda | 2000 | two thousand vatu). Below the image there is an inscription in French: DEUX MILLE VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU (two thousand vatu | Reserve Bank of Rwanda). The denomination is indicated in the lower left corner and in the upper central part of the banknote.
This banknote has been in circulation since 2014.
10000 vatu. Obverse: in the center of the Banknote there is an image from the coat of arms of the country: Aboriginal with a spear and National Creed: "Long God Yumi Stanap". Above the image there is an inscription in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | 10000 | TEN THOUSAND VATU (Reserve Bank of Rwanda | 10000 | ten thousand vatu). Below the image there is an inscription in French: DIX MILLE VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU (ten thousand vatu | Reserve Bank of Rwanda). The denomination is indicated in the lower left corner and in the upper central part of the banknote.
This banknote has been in circulation since July 28, 2010.
BANKNOTES RELEASED FROM CIRCULATION:
100 cotton wool.
Obverse: The field of the Banknote is covered with a national ornament. In the upper left part of the Banknote there are three lines in English: CENTRAL BANK OF VANUATU | ONE HUNDRED | VATU. On the left side of the Banknote - the signatures of the bank manager and the Minister of Finance. On the right side, on a guilloche ornament, is the coat of arms of the republic, adopted in 1980 after independence by the Anglo-French condominium New Hebrides (the former name of the country). In the center of the coat of arms is a Melanesian warrior with a spear in his hands, who stands in front of a volcano. At the bottom of the coat of arms is the country's national motto: "Long God yumi stanap" ("We stand behind God"). Behind the warrior is the state emblem of Vanuatu: two green leaves of a cycad, behind which is a silver boar's tusk. In the lower right part of the Banknote there is an inscription in French: CENT VATU | BANQUE CENTRALE DE VANUATU. The denomination "100" is placed in the lower left and upper right corners of the banknote.
200 cotton wool.
Obverse: The field of the Banknote is covered with a national ornament. In the upper left part of the Banknote there are three lines in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | TWO HUNDRED | VATU. On the left side of the Banknote - the signatures of the bank manager and the Minister of Finance. On the right side, on a guilloche ornament, is the coat of arms of the republic, adopted in 1980 after independence by the Anglo-French condominium New Hebrides (the former name of the country). In the center of the coat of arms is a Melanesian warrior with a spear in his hands, who stands in front of a volcano. At the bottom of the coat of arms is the country's national motto: "Long God yumi stanap" ("We stand behind God"). Behind the warrior is the state emblem of Vanuatu: two green leaves of a cycad, behind which is a silver boar's tusk. In the lower right part of the Banknote there are inscriptions in French: DEUX CENTS VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU. The denomination "200" is placed in the central (horizontal) and right parts of the banknote.
500 cotton wool.
Obverse: The field of the Banknote is covered with a national ornament. In the upper left part of the Banknote there are three lines in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | FIVE HUNDRED | VATU. On the left side of the Banknote - the signatures of the bank manager and the Minister of Finance. On the right side, on a guilloche ornament, is the coat of arms of the republic, adopted in 1980 after independence by the Anglo-French condominium New Hebrides (the former name of the country). In the center of the coat of arms is a Melanesian warrior with a spear in his hands, who stands in front of a volcano. At the bottom of the coat of arms is the country's national motto: "Long God yumi stanap" ("We stand behind God"). Behind the warrior is the state emblem of Vanuatu: two green leaves of a cycad, behind which is a silver boar's tusk. In the lower right part of the Banknote there are inscriptions in French: CINQ CENTS VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU. The denomination "500" is placed in the central and right parts of the banknote.
1 watt.
Obverse: The field of the Banknote is covered with a national ornament. In the upper left part of the Banknote there are three lines in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | ONE THOUSAND | VATU. On the left side of the Banknote - the signatures of the bank manager and the Minister of Finance. On the right side, on a guilloche ornament, is the coat of arms of the republic, adopted in 1980 after independence by the Anglo-French condominium New Hebrides (the former name of the country). In the center of the coat of arms is a Melanesian warrior with a spear in his hands, who stands in front of a volcano. At the bottom of the coat of arms is the country's national motto: "Long God yumi stanap" ("We stand behind God"). Behind the warrior is the state emblem of Vanuatu: two green leaves of a cycad, behind which is a silver boar's tusk. In the lower right part of the Banknote there is an inscription in French: MILLE VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU. The denomination number "1000" is placed in the central (horizontal) and right parts of the banknote.
5 watt.
Obverse: The field of the Banknote is covered with a national ornament. In the upper left part of the Banknote there are three lines in English: RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU | FIVE THOUSAND | VATU. On the left side of the Banknote - the signatures of the bank manager and the Minister of Finance. On the right side, on a guilloche ornament, is the coat of arms of the republic, adopted in 1980 after independence by the Anglo-French condominium New Hebrides (the former name of the country). In the center of the coat of arms is a Melanesian warrior with a spear in his hands, who stands in front of a volcano. At the bottom of the coat of arms is the country's national motto: "Long God yumi stanap" ("We stand behind God"). Behind the warrior is the state emblem of Vanuatu: two green leaves of a cycad, behind which is a silver boar's tusk. In the lower right part of the Banknote there are inscriptions in French: CINQ MILLE VATU | BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU. The denomination "5000" is placed in the central and right parts of the banknote.
