Catalog
5 Vatu Japanese Bobtail
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Vatu (1982-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU 20 15 LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu 2015 In God, we stand) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Additional information |
Vanuatu has used its coinage program aggressively since the 1990s to generate foreign exchange revenue, licensing designs to overseas minting agencies — a common arrangement among Pacific microstates with no significant domestic collector base. This piece is part of a broader cat-breed series aimed squarely at the Japanese collector market, where the Japanese Bobtail carries strong cultural associations dating back centuries to the beckoning maneki-neko figure.
The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu exercises monetary authority but has no meaningful role in selecting or producing these issues.