Catalog
5 Vatu Russian Blue
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 5 Vatu |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a colour-printed, highly detailed portrait of a seated Russian Blue kitten facing slightly left, rendered in naturalistic blue-grey tones with vivid green eyes, positioned centrally against an ornate scrollwork background in the field. Several inset crystal embellishments are applied at intervals across the decorative foliate motif. The denomination '5 VATU' appears in raised numerals and lettering to the left of the central image, with the breed name 'Russian Blue' inscribed vertically along the right rim. The fineness inscription '1 Oz 999 silver' is engraved in small text along the lower left of the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Vanuatu's Reserve Bank has issued a long-running series of coins featuring cat breeds, aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation. The Russian Blue entry in that series has no particular monetary function — Vanuatu's actual circulating coinage stops well below the face value these pieces nominally carry.
KM#126 is a straightforward bullion-adjacent issue with no known die varieties or production anomalies on record.