| Obverse description |
Aerial view of the city of Paris illustrated by its main monuments: Palais de Chaillot, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Obélisque de la Concorde, Madeleine, Sacré-Coeur, Eglise de la Madeleine, Louvre, Panthéon, Notre-Dame, Buttes-Chaumont, Colonne de la Bastille. Signed Ph. Roch |
| Reverse description |
Representation and commemoration of the main dates in the history of the city of Paris: 280 creation of the city, 450 sainte Geneviève, 1594 entry of Henri IV into Paris, 1648 the Fronde, 1789 storming of the Bastille, then the Three Revolutions: 1830 1848 1871, finally 1944 the Liberation of Paris. City seal on wax in a circle with inscription of the city motto. |
