Front: (calligraphic arted state name) جمهورية (Jumhūrīyat, Republic)
above مصر العربية (Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah, Egypt Arabic)
between mirrored stylized flowers
below (value, upper-left in Western) 50 POUNDS
(upper-right in Arabic) جنيـه ٥٠ (h.ī.n.ǧ ←, Genēh, pounds)
legend: (top-left, Western year) 1999
(top-right, Western year in Arabic nummerals) ١٩٩٩
(bottom, abbreviation) A.R.E. (Arab Republic of Egypt)
Back: Statue of Ramses II (front-right, 1279–1213 BCE) seated
legend: none
Edge: G - grained, type: bars