Depicts the arms of Pope Paulus VI surrounded by his name in Latin, the year of the reign and the coin's issue date both in Roman numerals. The engravers' names below.

The coat of arms depicts fleur-de-lis and traditional symbols of the papacy (cross keys and tiara). Montini, his family name, literally means, mountain, or coming from the mountain, which suggests the arrangement of the six symbols under the fleur-de-lis.

The papal tiara is a crown that was worn by popes of the Catholic Church from as early as the 8th century to the mid-20th. It was last used by Pope Paul VI in 1963 and only at the beginning of his reign. From 1143 to 1963, the papal tiara was solemnly placed on the pope's head during a papal coronation. The surviving papal tiaras are all in the triple form, the oldest being of 1572, and the others no earlier than 1800.

In ecclesiastical heraldry, papal coats of arms (those of individual popes) and those of the Holy See and Vatican City State include an image of crossed keys to represent the metaphorical keys of the office of Saint Peter, the keys of heaven, or the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, that, according to Roman Catholic teaching, Jesus promised to Saint Peter, empowering him to take binding actions. The keys of heaven or keys of Saint Peter are seen as a symbol of papal authority.

Depicts a dove in flight carrying an olive branch with the denomination below.