Inscription along the rim - title of state ('Hungarian People's Republic') in Hungarian. In the center - head of L. Kossuth right.

Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (Sept. 19, 1802 – March 20, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, Regent-President of Hungary in 1849.

Small coats of arm (1957 - 1989) divides the year of minting. Below - mint mark 'BP' (Budapest) and face value flanking by stylized ears.