| Obverse description | The Vanuatu coat of arms featuring a Melanesian warrior standing in front of a curved boar`s tooth above a scroll reading `LONG GOD YUMI STANAP`. Value above. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | RIPABLIK 1983 BLONG VANUATU
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu With God we stand) |
| Reverse description | Yam tubers (genus Dioscorea), important food crop in Vanuatu, surrounded by stems of the plant. Value above |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 50 VATU |
| Edge | Milled |
| 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 - 2002 - Royal Mint - 2009 - Royal Australian Mint - |
| Catalog ID | 5653212670 |
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