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10 000 Vatu 30th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Vatu (1982-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU 10000 THIS BANKNOTE IS LEGAL TENDER THROUGHOUT THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU TEN THOUSAND VATU DIX MILLE VATU BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU GOVERNOR LONG GOD YUMI STANAP |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu building flanked by tall traditional carved totem figures, with two seated figures in traditional dress in the foreground. To the right, a slit drum and additional cultural artefacts are rendered in intaglio. A nautilus shell see-through window element appears at lower right, mirroring the obverse. The denomination 10000 is printed in large numerals at upper right, with the issuer's name in Bislama below. |
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Issued to mark three decades since Vanuatu's independence from joint British-French condominium rule in 1980, this is one of the few commemorative polymer notes from the Pacific to remain legal tender rather than being issued purely as a collector piece. Note Printing Australia, which has handled Vanuatu's polymer output since the late 1990s, produced the note in Melbourne — the same facility responsible for Australia's own polymer currency infrastructure.
The 30th anniversary series attracted modest collector interest regionally but saw genuine circulation, which means uncirculated examples are not as common as the low print runs might suggest.