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
1996
RIPABLIK
BLONC
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP
VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu. In God We Stand.)
Reverse description
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert standing in front of Crystal Palace.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
VICTORIAN AGE
VICTORIA AND ALBERT OPEN GREAT EXHIBITION · 1851
50 VATU