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5000 Vatu
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Vanuatu |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | Vatu (1982-date) |
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| Reverse description | Brown tones over a multicolour underprint, with a central vignette of a man observing a traditional Gol land-diving ritual — a figure leaping from a log tower — evoking the indigenous custom of Pentecost Island. Bilingual and Bislama legends appear at the margins, identifying the issuing authority in all three official languages. |
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| Protection description | Melanesian male head. |
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The 5000 Vatu was the highest denomination in circulation when Vanuatu's Reserve Bank introduced this series in the early 1990s, reflecting a monetary system still consolidating after independence from the Franco-British condominium in 1980. The Vatu itself only replaced the New Hebrides franc in 1981, making this note part of only the second generation of sovereign currency the country had ever issued.
Thomas De La Rue's production for Pacific island states during this period was routine work for the printer, but the relatively light security specification — watermark only, no security thread — is notable for a top-denomination note of this value.