Obverse: the obverse of the coin features Don Quixote riding a horse and Sancho Panza on a donkey. On the left is the inscription ESPAÑA, and on the right – the denomination 5 ECU.
Reverse: the reverse shows a portrait of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. At the top is the inscription MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, and at the bottom – the year of issue, separated by the mintmark: 19 M 94.
About the coin: the coin was issued to commemorate the famous Spanish literary work “Don Quixote.”