前: (emblem) Eagle looking right on a tube with 5 arrows, above (mint mark) A inside a chained-dotted circle
铭文: (top, state name) EMPIRE FRANÇAIS, (left/right spacer/5-pointed stars) ☆ (pointed inwards), (bottom value) UN (one) CENTIME(cent)
背面: Head 3rd Emperor Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (左, 1852-1870), * 20 April 1808 Paris, French Empire, * (29.一.1853) Eugénie de Montijo (5.V.1826-11.VII.1920), + 9 一月 1873 (aged 64) Chislehurst, Kent, England, buried: St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, above (设计者) BARRE inside a chained-dotted circle
铭文: (ruler, top) NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bottom, year between mint marks, engraver mark anchor, 1861, 1862 或者 1870, director mark, bee
正面: Laureate portrait facing left, inside beaded circle, designer "BARRE" Jean-Jacques Barre. Ruler "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR" and date divides mint marks "1861(2)" anchor + cross
背面: Eagle looking right on a tube with 5 arrows, mintmark "BB" Strasbourg. Issuer and value "EMPIRE FRANÇAIS ★ UN CENTIME ★" (French Empire one cent)