In a mountain setting, laureate Helvetia seated resting on a plow and grains and wearing a toga, is holding a Swiss shield in her left hand and is raising the other toward the left side. Engraver's name on the left. Privy marks of the Paris Mint: Charles-Louis Dierickx (hand, director of the mint) and Jacques-Jean Barré (dog's head, chief engraver of ​the mint) below.

Helvetia is the pictorial allegory of Switzerland. She is a mythical figure who never actually existed. Allegorical depictions were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Even though Helvetia was depicted seated on the first franc coins, she has been obliged to remain standing since 1874.

The name Helvetica is a derivation of the ethnonym Helvetii, the name of the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the Swiss Plateau prior to the Roman conquest.

Depicts a value inside a wreath. Mintmark below.