FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA: Vanuatu
Vanuatu pick 1a: 100 Vatu from 1982
ND (1982). Dark green on multicolored underprint. Arms with Melanasian chief standing with spear at center right. Watermark: Melanesian male head. Printer: BWC. Cattle among palm trees at left center on back.
Collectors Comment: rev.: cows
Vanuatu pick 8a: 200 Vatu from 1995
ND (1995). Purple and violet on multicolored underprint. Arms with Melanesian chief standing with spear at center right. Statue of family life, "Traditional parliament in session" and flag on back. Watermark: Melanesian head. 135x68mm. Imprint at left end as TDLR.
Collectors Comment: rev.: dog
Vanuatu pick 13: 1000 Vatu from 2014
2014. Polymer plastic. Brown, purple, blue, green. Conch shell, waterway, Melanasian chief standing holding a spear, map. Back: map, flower, four farmers with crops. Rancher riding horse among cattle. Printer: Oberthur.
Collectors Comment: rev.: cows
Vanuatu pick 14: 2000 Vatu from 2014
2014. Green and blue on green and blue underprint . Conch shell, waterway, Melanasian chief standing holding a spear, map. Back: birds and trees at center.
Collectors Comment: rev.: the mountain starling or Vanuatu starling (Aplonis santovestris), the Vanuatu kingfisher or chestnut-bellied kingfisher (Todiramphus farquhari), the Vanuatu megapode or Vanuatu scrubfowl (Megapodius layardi)
Vanuatu pick 19: 5000 Vatu from 2017
(20)17. Yellow and green. Conch shell at left; standing chief at center. Back: fish at center left. Palm, children in boat, and bungee jumper. Polymer.
Collectors Comment: rev.: clown fish