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1000 Vatu
| Issuer | Central Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Value | 1000 Vatu |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on a light orange, green and multicolour guilloche underprint; the national arms occupy the centre, incorporating a Melanesian chief standing with spear. The issuing authority's name appears bilingually in English and French, with the denomination inscribed in both Bislama and French above and below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 VATU CENTRAL BANK BLONG VANUATU (Translation: 1000 Vatu Central Bank of Vanuatu) |
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Vanuatu's first banknote series, issued in 1982, replaced the New Hebrides franc just two years after independence from joint British-French colonial administration — one of the more unusual condominium arrangements in colonial history, where two powers ran parallel administrative, legal, and currency systems simultaneously on the same islands. The new vatu was introduced at parity with the franc CFP, a clean break in name if not in value.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the series before their absorption into De La Rue in 1990. The P#3 is the highest denomination of the inaugural issue.