The coat of arms of Vanuatu, depicting a Melanesian warrior superimposed on a boar`s tusk, over a scroll that reads `Long God yumi stanap`. A map of Vanuatu islands at right
Reverse description
Center man at cultural activities of sand drawing, behind a group of men doing a traditional dancing. At back, the Malvatu Mauri or National Council of Chiefs, a formal advisory body of chiefs recognised by the Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu
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Obverse lettering
RESERVE BANK OF VANUATU
FIVE HUNDRED VATU
`Long God yumi stanap` (at coat of arms)
CINQ CENTS VATU
BANQUE DE RESERVE DE VANUATU (Translation: In God We Stand, in Bislama (at coat of arms))