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5 Vatu Persian
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A full-colour photographic rendering of a seated Persian cat occupies the centre of the reverse field, depicted facing the viewer with a distinctive flat face, large amber eyes, and a luxuriant golden-cream coat. The breed name 'Persian' is inscribed vertically along the right inner border in a stylised italic legend. The denomination '5 VATU' appears prominently to the upper left within a raised circular inset, while an engraved floral arabesque motif decorates the background field. Multiple Swarovski crystal inserts are set into the field surrounding the cat. The fineness and weight inscription '1 OZ 999 SILVER' is placed along the lower left inner border. |
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Vanuatu's "Persian" designation here refers to the broader series of bullion-adjacent collector issues the Reserve Bank has licensed through foreign minting intermediaries — in this case almost certainly struck by a European or Australian contract mint rather than produced domestically, as Vanuatu has no minting infrastructure of its own. The 5 Vatu face value is nominal fiction; no circulating 5 Vatu coin in silver has ever traded at anything near face in the archipelago's cash economy.