Issuer | France |
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Period |
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
|
Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
Year | 2008 |
Value | 2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.17 |
Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
Composition | Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring |
Weight | 8.5 g |
Diameter | 25.75 mm |
Thickness | 2.2 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Number | N# 3561 |
References |
KM# 1459,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
Schön# 951, And 5 more volumes.
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
Gad# 10 (Ed.2019) And 1 more volumes.
Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.
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French Presidency of the Council of the European Union
The coin is inscribed as follows: ‘2008 PRÉSIDENCE FRANÇAISE UNION EUROPÉENNE RF’. The mint mark and the mintmaster's mark are located below, to the left and the right respectively. The twelve stars of the European Union are shown on the outer ring.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
2008 PRÉSIDENCE FRANÇAISE UNION EUROPÉENNE
RF
Unabridged legend: République française
Translation:
French Presidency to the European Union
2008
Designer: Philippe Starck
A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 2 EURO LL
Engraver: Luc Luycx
Finely ribbed with edge lettering: three times the sequence "2 * *" upright and the sequence "* * 2" inverted
Lettering: 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 **
© Cyrillius
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Hubert Larivière, Head of the engraving department, Monnaie de Paris (2003-2011) |
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Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||
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Undetermined | ||||||||||||||
2008 | 20 064 000 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.20 | $ 2.20 | $ 3.60 | 97% | |||||
2008 | 10 936 | $ 21 | 1.4% | In BU sets; 10,936 made out of the 20,000 forecasted | ||||||||||
2008 | 10 000 | $ 24 | 1.3% | Proof |
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