Depicts the image of Pasărea măiastră (allegorical bird from Romanian mythology, similar to Phoenix) rising towards the solar rays as the emblem "Limba Noastră" of the national language (called allegorical "Our Language") as a symbol of the national spiritual rebirth. The coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova above. Surrounded by the inscription 30 YEARS FROM THE ADOPTION OF LAWS ABOUT THE STATE LANGUAGE AND LATIN WRITING.

The coat of arms of Moldova consists of an eagle holding a cross in its beak and a sceptre and an olive branch in its claws. According to Gheorghe Vrabie, the author of the coat of arms, the eagle symbolizes the Latin origin of the people.

Depicts in the centre the value and the year of the issue, surrounded by the 26 letters of the contemporary Latin alphabet with lowercase characters engraved, indicating the transition of the Latin script for the state language.

In the upper part, in the exergy - the monogram in the letters "R" and "M" (the abbreviation of the name Republic of Moldova) in the latent image (hidden images, which are alternately visible when the left-right coin is tilted).

On the surface of the digit „1”, the micro-engraving with the legend „BNM” is applied.

There are two types of edge regarding inscription:
Type A: MOLDOVA readable with holding the obverse up
Type B: MOLDOVA readable with holding the reverse up