Depicts the right-facing portrait of Franz Joseph I, wearing a laurel wreath, surrounded by the inscription "Ferencz József Isten kegyelméből ausztriai császár és Magyar-, Horvát-, Szlavon-, Dalmátországok apostoli királya" (Franz Joseph by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Dalmatia). Below the portrait is the mint mark "K·B" (Kremnica).

Engraver: József Reisner

Depicts the Holy Crown of Hungary. Below it, the denomination and the inscription "KORONA" are visible, with the issuance year located beneath the text. The central motif is encircled by a wreath made of oak branches and wheat ears, tied together at the bottom with a ribbon.

The Holy Crown of Hungary (also known as the Crown of Saint Stephen) was the coronation crown used by the Kingdom of Hungary for most of its existence; kings have been crowned with it since the twelfth century. No king of Hungary was regarded as having been truly legitimate without being crowned with it. In the history of Hungary, more than fifty kings were crowned with it, up to the last, Charles IV, in 1916. The cross is attached to the crown in a rough manner, rising from the midriff of Christ in the central enamel plaque at the top of the crown. The cross was knocked crooked in the 17th century when the crown was damaged, possibly by the top of the iron chest housing the insignia being hastily closed without the crown having been placed in it properly. The cross has since been left in this slanted position, and is now always depicted as such.

Engraver: Károly Gerl

Depicts the personal motto of the Emperor as Apostolic King of Hungary: "My faith is in ancient virtue."