Vanuatu. Reserve Bank of Vanuatu. 2020 Commemorative Issue for the 40th anniversary of independence (1980-2020). Date: 2020. Dimensions: 140 x 65 mm. Watermark: Bank logo. Material: Polymer (Guardian). No security thread. Printer: Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire (FCOF), France. Multicolored front and back printing, predominantly brown, purple, blue and green. Description of the front: Background made up of geometric patterns. Texts in English and French. Prefix and numbering in black and red (the first two numbers of the serial # give the last two numbers of the year). Conch shell. On the right, the emblem of Vanuatu with a Melanesian warrior holding a spear in front of a mountain, two branches of intertwined cycads or "namele" (Cycas seemannii) and a spiral-shaped pig tooth. At the bottom, the national motto: Long God Yumi Stanap (in english: “God is our Guide”). Map of Vanuatu. Combination of signatures in black with President Simeon Malachi Athy and Minister of Finance Maki Simelum. Description of the back: Background made up of geometric patterns. Map of Vanuatu. Texts in Bislama. Flowers. Four farmers and their crops and a horse breeder with his cows. Value "1,000" in the corners. Overprinted on Pick # 13.