500 Vatu
Issuing authority: Reverve Bank of Vanuatu
Original size: 140 x 70 mm
VU - B201
Banknote design copyright by the Reserve 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 in 1993. |


(as GOVERNOR) and
Sela Molisa
(as MINISTER OF FINANCE).
Melanesian male head as watermark. Solid security thread. One horizontal and one vertical 6-digit serial number on the front side. Both are printed in black,
have a double letter prefix and digits of the same size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.
(as GOVERNOR) and
Moana Carcasse Kalosil
(as MINISTER OF FINANCE).
Melanesian male head, electrotype boar's tusk and cornerstones as watermark. Windowed security thread with demetalized text on the front side. One horizontal and
one vertical 6-digit serial number on the front side. Both are printed in black, have a double letter prefix and digits of the same size. Printed by Thomas de la
Rue, United Kingdom.