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 2009 BLONG VANUATU
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand)