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| 2 Euro KM#1590 8.5000 g., Bi-Metallic Nickel-Brass center in Copper-Nickel ring, 25.75 mm. Subject : Ten years of Economic and Monetary Union(EMU). Obv: The inner part of the coin shows a stylised human figure whose left arm is prolonged by the euro symbol. The initials ΓΣ of the sculptor appear below the euro symbol. The name of the issuing country in the national language appear at the top RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, while the acronym EMU translated into the national language appear at the bottom UEM 1999-2009, flanked on the left and right respectively by the mark of the mint master and the mark of the mint. The twelve stars of the European Union surround the design on the outer ring of the coin. Rev: 2 on the left-hand side, six straight lines run vertically between the lower and upper right-hand side of the face, 12 stars are superimposed on these lines, one just before the two ends of each line, superimposed on the mid - and upper section of these lines; the European continent ( extended ) is represented on the right-hand side of the face; the right-hand part of the representation is superimposed on the mid-section of the lines; the word ‘EURO’ is superimposed horizontally across the middle of the right-hand side of the face. Under the ‘O’ of EURO, the initials ‘LL’ of the engraver appear near the right-hand edge of the coin. Edge: Reeded with 2 * *, repeated six times, alternately upright and inverted. Obv. designer: Georgios Stamatopoulos Rev. designer: Luc Luycx |
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