The design depicts a portrait of Ludovít Štúr.

Inscribed to the right of the portrait, parallel to the edge of the inner part of the coin, are the year of issuance ‘2015’ and, further right along the edge, the name of issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’.

Inscribed to the left of the portrait, parallel to the inner edge, are the dates of Štúr’s birth and death ‘1815–1856’ and, further left along the edge, the name ‘LUDOVÍT ŠTÚR’.

In the upper right part of the design is the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincovna Kremnica), consisting of the initials ‘MK’ placed between two dies.

In the lower right part are the stylised letters ‘IR’, the initials of the designer, Ivan Rehák.