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10 Vatu
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Vanuatu displayed centrally in the field, depicting a Melanesian warrior standing before a curved boar's tusk. Below the arms, a scroll bears the national motto legend in Bislama. The date of issue appears above the arms, with the country name inscribed along the periphery. |
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| Reverse description | A full-color applied depiction of a shark swimming through a tropical reef environment occupies the central field, rendered in naturalistic hues of grey, green, and blue against a coral and ocean background. The scene is framed by an inner beaded border. The legend MARINE LIFE PROTECTION arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10 VATU is inscribed along the lower periphery, all in raised lettering against a polished dark field. |
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Vanuatu's coinage program, established at independence in 1980, replaced the joint British-French condominium's dual-currency system — one of the more administratively peculiar monetary arrangements in Pacific colonial history, where pounds sterling and French francs circulated simultaneously under separate legal jurisdictions on the same islands.
The 10 vatu is notably heavy for its face value, a deliberate policy choice to give the currency physical credibility in a newly independent nation building institutional trust from scratch.