The front features the portrait of the first Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the right and the Kuala Lumpur city skyline with prominent landmarks in the centre. The Look of the Commonwealth Games which features the stylised butterfly symbol and the gold-coloured Optical Variable Device (OVD) with the portrait of the first Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the clear window appears on the left. The logo of Bank Negara Malaysia appears in the other clear window on the right of the note. The Kuala Lumpur International Airport is featured as the central backdrop. To the right, the background design shows the artist`s impression of the Multimedia Super Corridor connecting Kuala Lumpur City Centre to Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
Reverse description
The design on the back of the note shows the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in the centre. The logo of the Kuala Lumpur `98 XVI Commonwealth Games appears on the left of the note.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Butterfly wing motif which corresponds with the upper half clear
window
Obverse lettering
BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA
WANG KERTAS
INI SAH
DIPERLAKUKAN
DENGAN NILAI
RM 50
LIMA PULUH RINGGIT (Translation: Malaysian National Bank This paper note is legal tender value of Fifty Ringgit)
Reverse lettering
بڠک نݢارا مليسيا
ليما ڤولوه ريڠڬيت
STADIUM UTAMA BUKIT JALIL (Translation: National Bank of Malaysia Fifty Ringgit Bukit Jalil Main Stadium)