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500 Vatu

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Features

Issuer VanuatuVanuatu (1980-date)
Issuing bank Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
Period Republic (1980-date)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 2017
Value 500 Vatu
500 VUV = USD 4.19
Currency Vatu (1982-date)
Composition Polymer (Guardian®)
Size 135 × 65 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
214832
References P# 18
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

The coat of arms of Vanuatu, depicting a Melanesian warrior superimposed on a boar's tusk, over a scroll that reads "Long God yumi stanap". A map of Vanuatu islands at right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU
FIVE HUNDRED VATU

Long God yumi stanap

CINQ CENTS VATU
BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU

Translation: In God We Stand

Reverse

Center man at cultural activities of sand drawing, behind a group of men doing a traditional dancing. At back, the Malvatu Mauri or National Council of Chiefs, a formal advisory body of chiefs recognised by the Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500 VATU

RESERVE BANK BLONG VANUATU

Signatures

Simeon Malachi Athy (SMA) Governor
Charlot Salwai (CS) Minister of Finance

Printer

Note Printing Australia, Melbourne, Australia (1998-date)

Comments

The first two numbers give the last two numbers of the year of issue (20)17

Prefixo: AA, Série #: 17.000.001 - 17.000.100 - Black handwritten signatures - In folder

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC References Frequency
2017  SMA, CS 100 $ 9.80 P# 18a
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
Black handwritten signatures - In folder 37%
2017  SMA, CS $ 10 P# 18b
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
Standard Issue 55%

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 VatuPicture 1 of a sold 500 Vatu
Katz
Auction 187
Lot 41
Internet Archive
21 Mar 2026 Undetermined UNC USD 11.60
(EUR 10.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 VatuPicture 1 of a sold 500 Vatu
Katz
Auction 176
Lot 119
Internet Archive
18 Nov 2025 Undetermined UNC Unsold
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