Circular legend at the top `CHARLES DE GAULLE` and at the bottom `RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE` / In the center the head of General De Gaulle / To the right and left a Lorraine cross / Below the bust the monogrammed signature `ER`.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
CHARLES DE GAULLE
ER
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
Reverse description
The face value, in a hexagon, is surrounded by the motto `LIBERTÉ - EGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ` and the dates `1958-1988`.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
LIBERTÉ · EGALITÉ · FRATERNITÉ
1 F.
1958·1988
ESSAI
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)