Seated Marianne with torch and cornucopia right, surrounded by the country name ('French Republic" and "French Union") above, date below. Engraver's name lower right. Mintmarks are from both sides of date.

Marianne is a national symbol of the French Republic, an allegory of liberty and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. It is a significant republican symbol, opposed to monarchy, and an icon of freedom and democracy against all forms of dictatorship.

The Phrygian cap is a soft conical cap with the top pulled forward, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe and Anatolia, including Phrygia, Dacia, and the Balkans. In early modern Europe it came to signify freedom and the pursuit of liberty through a confusion with the pileus, the felt cap of manumitted (emancipated) slaves of ancient Rome. Accordingly, the Phrygian cap sometimes is called a liberty cap.

Mintmark of the Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris in Pessac): Cornucopia (horn of plenty)

Mint master's mark: Wing (Lucien Georges Bazor, Chief Engraver at the Paris Mint from 1930 to 1958)

Palm trees on left, sea with sailboat in middle, mountains in distance, dividing value. Boat with outrigger in the foreground, plus assorted fruit in container. Inscription in French "French Establishments in Oceania" in the centre.