前: Two dancing girls between three clapping girls
in front of a landscape
below small Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund) logo
铭文: (top, value in Amharic) አራት መቶ ብር (aratt mäto birr, four hundred)
(bottom, value in English) Birr 400
(low-right, mintmark) M (.. 造币厂)
背面: Logo (IYOTC 1979) International year of the Child
参阅见后 (small) 3rd Coat of arms (1974-1987)
铭文: (above, state name in Amharic) ኅብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ
(transliterated: Hebratasabʼāwit Ītyōṗṗyā)
(state name in English, lower-left) SOCIALIST (-右) ETHIOPIA
(bottom, year in Amharic) ፲፱፻፸፪ (10+9乘以100+70+2 =1972 (1980))
边缘: G - grained, type: mastaba
