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200 Vatu

Issuing authority: Reserve Bank of Vanuatu

Original size: 135 x 68 mm

VU - B203

Banknote design copyright by the Reserve Bank of Vanuatu

Deutsch Englisch

Vorderseite: Landeswappen Vanuatus (vor einem Vulkan stehender melanesischer Häupt­ling mit Speer).
Rückseite: Traditionelle Versammlung; Statue United in peace we progress (deutsch: In Frieden vereint schreiten wir fort) in der Hauptstadt Port Vila bestehend aus einem Mann, einer Frau, einem Jungen und einem kleinen Mädchen.

Front side: Vanuatu's coat of arms (Melanesian chief holding a spear and standing in front of a volcano).
Back side: Traditional parliament; Statue United in peace we progress in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila consisting of a man, a woman, a boy and a small girl.

B203a

Not dated. Signatures S. Ngwele and W.J. Tapagararua.
Signatures of Sampson Ngwele (as GOVERNOR) and Willie Jimmy Tapagararua (as MINISTER OF FINANCE). Melanesian male head as watermark. Solid security thread. Boar's tusk as registration device. One horizontal and one vertical 6-digit serial number on the front side. Both are printed in black and have a double letter prefix. The horizontal serial number has digits of the same size, while the vertical one has digits of increasing size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.

B203b

Not dated. Signatures of O. Tevi and W.J. Tapagararua.
Signatures of Odo Tevi (as GOVERNOR) and Willie Jimmy Tapagararua (as MINISTER OF FINANCE). Melanesian male head, electrotype boar's tusk and cornerstones as watermark. Windowed security thread with demetalized text on the front side. Boar's tusk as registration device. One horizontal and one vertical 6-digit serial number on the front side. Both are printed in black and have a double letter prefix. The horizontal serial number has digits of the same size, while the vertical one has digits of ascending size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.

B203c

Not dated. Signatures of O. Tevi and S. Molisa.
Signatures of Odo Tevi (as GOVERNOR) and Sela Molisa (as MINISTER OF FINANCE). Melanesian male head, electrotype boar's tusk and cornerstones as watermark. Windowed security thread with demetalized text on the front side. Boar's tusk as registration device. One horizontal and one vertical 6-digit serial number on the front side. Both are printed in black and have a double letter prefix. The horizontal serial number has digits of the same size, while the vertical one has digits of ascending size. Printed by Thomas de la Rue, United Kingdom.

Remarks

Introduced in 1995. For B203a bearing an overprint on the front side and commemorating the 15. Anniversary of Vanuatu's independence refer to B204 please.