500 Vatu
Issuing authority: Central Bank of Vanuatu
Original size: 140 x 70 mm
VU - B102
Banknote design copyright by the Central Bank of Vanuatu
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Vorderseite: Landeswappen Vanuatus (vor einem Vulkan stehender melanesischer Häuptling mit Speer). |
Front side: Vanuatu's coat of arms (Melanesian chief holding a spear and standing in front of a volcano). |
Remarks |
Introduced on 22. March 1982. |


(as PRESIDENT) and
John A. Howard
(as GENERAL MANAGER).
Melanesian male head as watermark. Solid security thread. Two horizontal 6-digit serial numbers on the front side. Both are printed in black, have a double
letter prefix and digits of the same size. Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., United Kingdom.