Catalog
5000 Vatu
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 5000 Vatu |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of two figures seated in a traditional outrigger canoe on a coastal shoreline, backed by a lush palm tree and tropical landscape in multicolour offset underprint. To the right, a diver is shown entering the water, while a large tropical fish rendered in intaglio appears at left centre, evoking the marine traditions of the archipelago. The conch shell transparent window is repeated at right, and a small map of the Vanuatu island chain appears in green at upper left. |
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| Protection type | Transparent window, Optically variable ink, Serial number |
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Note Printing Australia's polymer substrate for this denomination includes a transparent window integrated into the design — a feature NPA has refined across multiple Pacific island currencies and which Vanuatu adopted relatively early in the region. The 5000 Vatu sits at the top of the circulating series, making it the note most likely to carry advanced security treatment while also being the least frequently handled in everyday transactions.
P#19 represents the 2017 revision of the series, updated partly to address counterfeiting concerns that had affected earlier paper issues.