前: Stylized figures drag Number 1 on a podium
铭文: (subject) INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS
(lower-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(面值) 500 BIRR
背面: International Year of disabled Persons logo
在中间 (top, state name in Amharic) ኢትዮጵያ (Ītyōṗṗyā)
(bottom, Amharic year) ፲፱፻፸፬ ዓ.ሞ.
(10+9*100+70+4 = 1974)
铭文: (above, subject in Amharic)
የዓሰም አቀፍ አሳሰ ስንኩሳን ዓመት
(below, texted value in Amharic) አምሰት መቶ ብር (five hundred Birr)
边缘: G - grained, type: 杆