| Opis awersu | 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. |
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| Pismo awersu | Latin |
| Legenda awersu | TO COMMEMORATE THE 1st. ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE 30th JULY 1981 LONG GOD YUMI STANAP VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand) |
| Opis rewersu | Three people working in field with value above and date below. |
| Pismo rewersu | Latin |
| Legenda rewersu | CINQUANTE VATU 50 1981 (Translation: Fifty Vatu) |
| Krawędź | Milled. |
| Mennica | |
| Nakład | 1981 - - 20 000 |
| ID Numisquare | 5396272880 |
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