正面: Date, value "1954 / 5 / FRANCS" and mintmarks, cornucopia (Paris Mint, France) and wing (w, Lucien Bazor, 1931-1958). At bottom, French protectorate name "TUNISIE" on a smooth crescent, type "ESSAI" (Pattern)
背面: Calligraphic design above rimmed crescent with Arabic years "١٣٧٣-١٩٥٤" (AD1954-AH1373). Protectorate name in Arabic, (upper-left) "التونسية" ('a.ī.s.n.ū.t.l.'a ←, al tunisia), upper-right "الحماية" ('a.y.l.m.ḥ.l.'a ←, el-Ḥimāya), below, texted value "خمسة فرنكات" (t'a.k.n.r.f 'a.s.m.kh ←, Khamsa, five francs)
正面: Date, value "1954 / 5 / FRANCS" and mintmarks, cornucopia (Paris Mint, France) and wing (w, Lucien Bazor, 1931-1958). At bottom, French protectorate name "TUNISIE" on a smooth crescent, type "ESSAI" (Pattern)
背面: Calligraphic design above rimmed crescent with Arabic years "١٣٧٣-١٩٥٤" (AD1954-AH1373). Protectorate name in Arabic, (upper-left) "التونسية" ('a.ī.s.n.ū.t.l.'a ←, al tunisia), upper-right "الحماية" ('a.y.l.m.ḥ.l.'a ←, el-Ḥimāya), below, texted value "خمسة فرنكات" (t'a.k.n.r.f 'a.s.m.kh ←, Khamsa, five francs)