Reverse The central part features the large denomination numeral '50'. Below the numeral is the word 'KOPEEKS'. Above, following the rim in a semicircle, is the text: ARKTIKUGOL.
Obverse The central part features the year of issue: '1946'. Around the circumference, following the rim, is the text: OSTROV SHPITSBERGEN (SPITSBERGEN ISLAND). At the bottom is a five-pointed star.