Front: Coat of arms (26 January 1950, Ashoka Lion Capital)
above (value) 50
legend: (upper-left, state name in Hindi) भारत (bh.ā.ra.t)
(upper-right, state name in English) INDIA
(left/right, spacers/dash) -
(lower-left, currency in Hindi) रूपये (r+ū.pa.y+e)
(lower-right, currency in English) RUPEES
Back: Back: Symbols presenting development
(hand putting coin in a box (right of) triangle
(pointed downwards) - funding,
cog wheel around factory - industry,
red cross - health care, small building - housing,
book - education, arced grain spike (ear) - food,
(bottom, year) 1977 above mintmark
diamond: ◆ (B, Mumbai, Bombay)
letter: B (Mumbai, Bombay, proof edition)
legend: (above, motto in Hindi) विकास के लिए बचाइए
(transliteration: v.i.k.ā.s k+e l.i.e ba.c.ā.i.e)
(bottom, motto in English) SAVE FOR DEVELOPMENT
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
