Australian Dollar in Ni-Vanuatu Vatu

AUD Australian Dollar

Country of application:
Australia, Kiribati, Cocos Islands, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Heard and McDonald

Coin denominations in circulation:
2 and 1 dollar, 50, 20, 10 and 5 cents.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 dollars.

History reference:
The Australian dollar is the currency in Australia, including its outer territories. : Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island. It is officially used as the currency of three ind...ependent Pacific island nations: Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. It is legal tender in Australia. Since 1988, a special plastic material has been used in the manufacture of Australian dollar banknotes. Australian dollar banknotes are printed at the state-owned factories of the Royal Australian Mint, located in Melbourne and Perth. Australian coins have a regular round shape. The exception is a coin of fifty cents, made in the form of a regular tetrahedron. On the obverse of the coins there is an image of the profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (as the official head of the Commonwealth of Australia), and on the reverse there are animals of Australia.

VUV Ni-Vanuatu Vatu

Country of application:
Vanuatu

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 vat.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 200 watt.

History reference:
Vatu means "stone" in Bislama. During the colonization of the islands by Great Britain and France, Australian, French and English money circulated on the territory of the New Hebrides. In 1941, the N...ew Hebridean franc was introduced into circulation. On July 30, 1980, the islands gained independence from Great Britain and France and the name of the state was renamed Vanuatu (meaning "this land forever"), and the New Hebridean franc was renamed Vatu. On December 16, 1980, the government began a monetary reform, one of the tasks of the reform was to develop the design of a new currency. On March 22, 1982, a new currency came into circulation. Until April 1, 1983, the new currency and the predecessor currencies (Australian dollar and New Hebridean franc) were used in everyday life.