Bust of engineer Gustave Eiffel and one of his works, the Eiffel Tower, built for the Paris World Fair in 1889.
Obverse lettering
GUSTAVE EIFFEL
LA TOUR EIFFEL 1889
Obverse script
Reverse description
Phrygian cap surmounting two coats of arms: On the left, a lictor beam and the motto Liberté Egalité Fraternité. On the right, the imperial eagle. Surrounded by oak-leaf branches. Listel at bottom.