Catalog
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1983-2009 |
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| Currency | Vatu (1982-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU 1983 LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God we stand) |
| Reverse description | A coconut crab (Birgus latro) depicted centrally in detailed relief, its large claws and distinctive body rendered naturalistically, flanked by coconut palm trees on either side. The denomination '10 VATU' appears in the upper field above the central device. The coconut crab, the world's largest land-dwelling arthropod and a member of the hermit crab family, is native to the Indo-Pacific region including Vanuatu. |
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| Mint | Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date) Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date) |
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