2 Euros Commemorative FRANCE 2015.
Theme: 225th anniversary of the first Fête de la Fédération (1790-2015).
Quality: UNC (uncirculated).
Circulation: 3,980,000 in UNC, 10,000 in BU and 10,000 in BE.
Bi-metallic (nickel silver centre - cupronickel ring) - 8 5 g - 25 75 mm in diameter - 2 20 mm thick.
The BU and BE coins are coloured.
Edge: striated and inscribed with a 2 followed by two stars, repeated six times, alternating obverse and reverse.
The design on the face features a graphically drawn Marianne, a modern embodiment of the Republic. She wears the Phrygian cap. On the right, the cockade, drawn in the style of a sketch, surmounts the wording "RF". The year is inscribed in the centre of the coin. On the left-hand side of the face is a stanza from the work of the French poet Paul Eluard Liberté, a reference to the motto of the Republic. The different words are attached to this extract.
Extract from the poem "Liberté" by Paul Eluard in "Au Rendez-vous allemand" Éditions de Minuit 1945.
The reverse is that of the current €2 currency common to all countries in the euro zone. The face value "2 euro" appears in front of the map of Europe.
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