500 Vatu

Features

Issuer	Vanuatu › Vanuatu (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).

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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	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
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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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 187 Lot 41	21 Mar 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 11.60 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 176 Lot 119	18 Nov 2025	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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