Catalog
5 Vatu canoe
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2015-2022 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | 2015 RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God, We Stand) |
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Vanuatu's copper-plated steel coinage replaced earlier cupro-nickel issues as a cost-cutting measure — a shift common across Pacific island nations during the 2000s and 2010s as rising base metal prices made traditional compositions economically untenable for low-denomination circulation coinage. The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu, established only in 1980 following independence from the Anglo-French Condominium, has always sourced its coinage from foreign mints, with the Royal Australian Mint and others handling production at various points in the series.