前: Chinese Alligator (right, Alligator sinensis)
at the water site below of (面值) 5元 (元)
铭文: (top-right, subject) 中国珍稀野生动物一扬子鳄
(translation: China Rare Wildlife - Chinese Alligator)
背面: 盾徽 (20 九月 1950)
铭文: (above state name) 中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín
Gònghéguó, (translation: People's Republic of China)
(底部，年份) 1998
铭文: (state name with Roman letters) ZHONGAHUA RENMIN GONGHEGUO
