About the Design:

Obverse
The Vanuatu coat of arms featuring a Melanesian warrior standing in front of a curved boar's tooth above a scroll reading "LONG GOD YUMI STANAP".
Date below.

Lettering:
Year
RIPABLIK BLONG VANUATU
LONG GOD YUMI STANAP

Translation:
Republic of Vanuatu
In God We Stand
(translated from Bislama)

Reverse
Traditional outrigger canoe.
Value.

Lettering: 5 VATU

Composition    Copper plated steel
Weight    2.82 g
Diameter    19 mm
Thickness    1.3 mm