2 euro cent FRANCE (from 1999)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
18.75 mm	3.06 g	1.67 mm	steel Cu-plated

obverse:

in the coin centre personification of France - head of Marianne facing slightly left; on the right stylised letters: RF (RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - French Republic); below year of issue; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

reverse:

left from the coin centre face value: 2, on the top right in two lines: EURO / CENT; below the globe with a view to Europe; in the background diagonally six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

edge:

plain with a groove in the middle

issue date:

1 I 2002

withdrawal date:

in circulation

designer:

Fabienne Courtiade (signature F.COURTIADE along the edge after year of issue in the obverse), Luc Luycx (initials LL on the right side of the globe in the reverse)

mint:

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Pessac (mint mark above the first digits of year of issue in the obverse, above the last digits of year of issue privy mark of mint's director Pierre Rodier - bee - in years 1999-2000, or Gérard Buquoy - horseshoe - in years 2001-2002, or Serge Levet - heart - in 2003, or Hubert Larivière - horn - in years 2004-2010, or Yves Sampo - rosette - from 2011)

mint marks

mintage:

1999	702 069 000	bee	+ 35 000 in annual boxed sets
2000	510 120 000	bee	+ 35 000 in annual boxed sets
2001	249 066 580	horseshoe	+ 35 000 in annual boxed sets
2002	9 000	horseshoe	+ 165 290 in annual boxed sets
2003	160 389 000	heart	+ 242 342 in annual boxed sets
2004	300 024 000	horn	+ 160 000 in annual boxed sets
2005	260 187 000	horn	+ 120 000 in annual boxed sets
2006	283 177 500	horn	+ 80 000 in annual boxed sets
2007	213 222 000	horn	+ 60 000 in annual boxed sets
2008	386 532 000	horn	+ 60 000 in annual boxed sets
2009	343 120 000	horn	+ 60 000 in annual boxed sets
2010	277 000 000	horn	+ 55 500 in annual boxed sets
2011	250 000 000	rosette	+ 45 500 in annual boxed sets
2012	278 000 000	rosette	+ 42 000 in annual boxed sets
2013	218 000 000	rosette	+ 28 000 in annual boxed sets
2014	210 000 000	rosette	+ 28 000 in annual boxed sets
2015	199 000 000	rosette	+ 28 000 in annual boxed sets

mint marks:

interesting facts:

last update: 12 VIII 2015

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