| Obverse description | The arms of Vanuatu featuring a Melanesian warrior standing in front of a curved boar`s tooth above a scroll reading `LONG GOD YUMI STANAP` and the date above. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU
1983
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God we stand) |
| Reverse description | Coconut crab, Birgus latro, surrounded by coconut trees. Value above. Of the Hermit crab family, it is the largest of all terrestrial crabs, present from the Seychelles to Polynesia. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 10 VATU |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Royal Australian Mint, Canberra,Australia (1965-date) Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date) |
| Mintage | 1983 - Royal Mint - 1983 - Royal Mint; BU - 1983 - Royal Mint; Proof - 1990 - Royal Mint - 1995 - Royal Mint - 1999 - Royal Mint - 2009 - Royal Australian Mint - |
| Catalog ID | 1568994990 |
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