OBVERSE:

Laureate head of Napoleon I, facing left; DROZ F on truncation corresponds to the name of the engraver, Jean-Pierre Droz; Tr in italic below the head is the privy mark of Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, the Engraver-General of the Paris Mint; surrounded by a French legend. Legend: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR.

REVERSE:

Denomination 40 / FRANCS in a wreath of two laurel branches tied at their base; a rooster, the privy mark of Charles-Pierre de l’Espine, the Director of the Paris Mint, in the exergue on the left before the date 1811; the letter A corresponds to the mintmark of the Paris Mint, in the exergue on the right; surrounded by a French legend. Legend: EMPIRE FRANÇAIS.

EDGE:

French legend in incused lettering, DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE.