Obverse: allegorical scene of four figures, one on righthas tablet inscribed 16 JULLIET, one on left holds cadceus;products and spoils
of Egypt at feet. Above an inscription LA COLONIE EUROPEENE A S A. MOHAMED SAID VICE ROI D'EGYPTE; below in smaller letters
STERN-AUMOITTE. PARIS 1854.
Reverse: scene with two obelisks, pyramids, sphinx and crocodile, around which an inscription in Ottoman Turkish and date 1270 below.