Obverse: Cuban coat of arms on upper left with at right the coat of arms of Santiago de Cuba; weight and silver purity β· at top 5 OZ AG 0.999, face value at left 50 π PESOS. Country β· at top right REPUBLICA DE CUBA. (Republic of Cuba).
Reverse: Armored figure of Saint James with sword on rearing horse facing right, Jacobean scallop at right, date at bottom right 1993, mintmark below ποΈβ key + star (La Havana). Theme β· at top 478 ANIV. FUNDACION STGO de CUBA (478 Anniversary of Fondation Santiago de Cuba) and β€» at bottom in Latin MILΚENIVM SANCTI β’ IACOBI (Millennium of Saint Jacobi)