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 2005 BLONG VANUATU
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand)
Reverse description
Early sailing ship center - left, stylized compass at right.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
HISTORY OF SEAFARING
PEDRO FERNANDEZ DE QUIRÓS
50 VATU