Front: Two dancing girls between three clapping girls
in front of a landscape
below small Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund) logo
legend: (top, value in Amharic) አራት መቶ ብር (aratt mäto birr, four hundred)
(bottom, value in English) Birr 400
(low-right, mintmark) M (.. Mint)
Back: Logo (IYOTC 1979) International year of the Child
below (small) 3rd Coat of arms (1974-1987)
legend: (above, state name in Amharic) ኅብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ
(transliterated: Hebratasabʼāwit Ītyōṗṗyā)
(state name in English, lower-left) SOCIALIST (-right) ETHIOPIA
(bottom, year in Amharic) ፲፱፻፸፪ (10+9x100+70+2 =1972 (1980))
Edge: G - grained, type: mastaba
