France 2002 euro

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in France, 1999-2006. The admission of additional members caused the reverse to be redesigned in 2007 to show the enlarged zone (KM 1413). The hexagon on the obverse, also used on the two euro coin, refers to a common nickname for metropolitan France.

Recorded mintage: 129,400,000 plus 21,453 proofs.

Specification: 7.5 g., Bi-Metallic Copper-Nickel center in Brass ring, 23.25 mm diameter. Obv: tree in hexagon; Rev: Value at left, expanded relief map of European Union at right by Luc Luycx; Edge: Reeded and plain sections.

Catalog reference: KM 1288.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

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