1. Portrait watermark
2. Diffraction foil with microtext boarder (Exelgram)
3. Dark security thread with transparent text "500EEK EESTI PANK"
4. Tactile intaglio printed elements
5. Microprint, repeated text "CARL ROBERT JAKOBSON"
6. Microprint, repeated "500" within denomination numerals
7. Latent number "500"
8. Latent lettering "EP"
9. Signatures (President of Eesti Pank, Chairman of the Board)
10. Three lions printed with silver ink
11. Anti-copier line structure
12. Recognition sign for the visually handicapped
13. Number "500" appears when the note is held up to the light
14. UV-fluorescent fibres
15. UV-fluorescent motif ("Sakala") and security thread
16. UV-fluorescent block bearing denomination number
17. Serial numbers
18. Variable ink element with magenta-to-green color shift
19. Hidden image, visible through a special lens

Size of the banknote is 140 x 69 mm