| 正面描述 | 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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| 正面文字 | Latin |
| 正面铭文 | TO COMMEMORATE THE 1st. ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE 30th JULY 1981 LONG GOD YUMI STANAP VANUATU (Translation: Republic of Vanuatu In God We Stand) |
| 背面描述 | Three people working in field with value above and date below. |
| 背面文字 | Latin |
| 背面铭文 | CINQUANTE VATU 50 1981 (Translation: Fifty Vatu) |
| 边缘 | Milled. |
| 铸币厂 | |
| 铸造量 | 1981 - - 20 000 |
| Numisquare 编号 | 5396272880 |
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