Reverse In the central part are peanut pods, to the right of them a stylized numeral 1. Along the left arc of the coin is the inscription 'Food for Mankind', on the right - 'Butut'.
Obverse In the center is the left-facing profile of Dawda Kairaba Jawara, the first president of independent Gambia. To the right, top, and left, along the rim, is the country name and year of minting 'Republic of The Gambia - 1974'.