Coat of arms and value at center with weight and fineness below
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERU
CINCUENTA
MIL SOLES DE ORO
1/2 ONZA TROY ORO 0.9166 (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of Peru Fifty thousand Soles de Oro 1/2 troy ounce Gold .9166)
Reverse description
Portrait of García Calderon left, date below
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
AÑO DE NUESTROS HEROES DE LA GUERRA
DEL PACIFICO
F. GARCIA
CALDERON
LIMA
1979 (Translation: Year of our heroes of the Pacific War)