Description obverse

In the centre an inscription in eleven rows: CASIMIRI FILIUS PENULTIMUS, PRUDENTIA, VICTORIIS OPIBUS INSIGNIS, CAROLI V. CAESARIS, ET FRANCISCI I. FRANCORUM REGIS COAEVUS, ET ILLIS AEQUIPARATUS. OB:A.D.1548.AETAT:81). Below inscription image of the Eagle established as the State Emblem of the Republic of Poland and mintmark flanked by year 20-17, RZECZPOSPOLITA POLSKA 500 Zl around

Description reverse

The bust of the king Sigismundus the Elder facing right, modelled on a portrait painted by Marcello Bacciarelli. The king is wearing a crown and has a short beard over a ruff. He is clad in armour covered with a richly embroidered coat clipped with a decorative buckle and adorned with a jewelled Order of the Golden Fleece on a chain. Above an inscription: SIGISMUN DUS PRIMUS. At the bottom an inscription: I.I.R.