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 1996 BLONG
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP
VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand)
Reverse description
Sailing ship H.M.S. Resolution, carving to the left, denomination below.