Catalog
50 Vatu
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2015-2022 |
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| Value | 50 Vatu |
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| Obverse lettering | 2015 RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand (translated from Bislama)) |
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| Mintage | 2015 - - 5,000,000 2022 - - 200,000 |
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Vanuatu's coinage is managed by the Reserve Bank, established at independence in 1980 when the New Hebrides condominium — jointly administered by Britain and France in one of colonial history's more awkward arrangements — dissolved into the new nation. The vatu replaced the New Hebrides franc with no subdivision, an intentional simplification.
Nickel plated steel replaced the earlier nickel-brass composition for this denomination during this series, a cost-driven decision common across Pacific island issuers contending with small population bases and limited mint volume leverage.