Marianne`s head on the left, crowned with an olive branch and adorned with a cockade; signed G.GUIRAUD behind the head.
Obverse lettering
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE G GUIRAUD
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Rooster standing right above an olive branch. Face value The general engraver`s mark (wing for Lucien Bazor) to the right of the year mark and the workshop director`s mark (horn of plenty for the Régie des Monnaies) to the left of the year.
Reverse lettering
ESSAI
50
FRANCS
1950
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
Reverse script
Latin
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)