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5 Vatu Persian Exotic
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU 20 15 LONG GOD YUMI STANAP |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Vanuatu's 5 vatu face value is essentially nominal — the denomination has no meaningful purchasing power in domestic circulation, and the Reserve Bank has issued it repeatedly as a vehicle for novelty collector pieces aimed squarely at the international souvenir market. The "Persian Exotic" belongs to a run of themed issues produced under licensing arrangements common to small Pacific island minting programs, where the issuing authority lends its name to products designed, marketed, and distributed almost entirely by third-party minting houses in Europe or Asia.
Silver-plated steel with embedded crystals and colored paper inlay places this firmly outside bullion or numismatic investment territory.