France 2000 2 euro
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The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in France 1999-2006. France began minting euros in 1999. The hexagon on the obverse, also used on the one euro coin, refers to a common nickname for metropolitan France. The twenty cents was issued only in sets during 2003-2010 but circulation issues have resumed.
Recorded mintage: 171,120,013 plus 35,000 proofs.
Specification: 8.5 g., nickel-Brass center in a copper-nickel ring, 25.75 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 1289, Gad-5.
- Bruce, Colin R., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001 to date, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2009.
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- 2000 20 cents
- 2000 euro
- Coins and currency dated 2000
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