| Obverse description | Marianne facing right with laurel branch, date in exergue |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
P. TURIN
1939 (Translation: French Republic) |
| Reverse description | Rice plant divides denomination |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | INDOCHINE FRANÇAISE
ESSAI
20 CENT. (Translation: French Indochina Trial) |
| Edge | Smooth with groove |
| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| Mintage | 1939 - Essai - |
| Catalog ID | 1438347460 |
| Comments |