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5 Vatu Scottish Fold
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Vanuatu displayed centrally, featuring a Melanesian warrior in traditional dress standing before a curved boar's tusk motif. Below the arms, a scroll bears the national motto legend 'LONG GOD YUMI STANAP' (In God We Stand). The country name 'RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU' appears as the outer legend, with the date '2015' divided to either side of the central device. |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU 20 15 LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God we stand) |
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Vanuatu's Reserve Bank has intermittently licensed its coinage authority to third-party minting programs targeting the collector market, producing themed issues with no meaningful connection to the archipelago's economy or history. This Scottish Fold piece is one such product — a bullion-adjacent novelty struck to satisfy demand from cat breed collectors rather than numismatists.
The Scottish Fold mutation, a dominant gene causing cartilage defects that fold the ears forward, was first documented in a barn cat in Perthshire in 1961.