Depicts a portrait of Pierre de Coubertin facing left, the Olympic torch on the right, below letters: RF (RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - French Republic), date below.

Value and Olympic rings in the centre, two dates below, the Sorbonne Chapel on the left, the national motto of France (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) above.

The Sorbonne is a building in the Latin Quarter of Paris which from 1253 on housed the College of Sorbonne, part of one of the first universities in the world, later renamed University of Paris and commonly known as "the Sorbonne". Today, it continues to house the successor universities of the University of Paris, such as Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Sorbonne University, Sorbonne Nouvelle University and University of Paris, as well as the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris.

Monogram of Atelier de Gravure des Monnaies et Médailles (group of designers of the Paris Mint): Rosette (letters "agmm") below the date

Mint mark: Cornucopia, horn of plenty (Paris Mint - Paris until 1972 or Pessac from 1973)

Privy mark of the Mint's Chief Engraver: Bee - Pierre Rodier (1994-2000)