| 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 split by the warrior. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | TO COMMEMORATE THE 1st. ANNIVERSARY OF
INDEPENDENCE
30th JULY 1981
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP
VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand) |
| Reverse description | Three people working in field with value above and date below. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | CINQUANTE VATU
50
1981 (Translation: Fifty Vatu) |
| Edge | Milled. |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 1981 - - 20 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5396272880 |
| Comments |