Obverse
Draped bust of the Republic with short hair facing left, wearing a Phrygian cap adorned with a wreath made of wheat, oak and olive; designer's name at right
Lettering: REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE MORLON
Reverse
Denomination in two lines above the year of issue and mint marks, all between two symmetrically opposed cornucopias; motto at top
Lettering: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE ESSAI 50 CENTIMES 1948
