20 euro cent FRANCE (od 2007)

in coin centre personification of France - simplified figure of Marianne in Phrygian cap sowing cereal leftwards (La Semeuse), in the background the Sun hidden mostly below the horizon; on the right letters: RF (RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - French Republic); on the left year of issue; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

right from the coin centre face value: 20, below in two lines: EURO / CENT; on the left a map of Europe; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

plain with seven indents (Spanish flower shape)

1 I 2007

in circulation

Laurent Jorio based on the design of Loius Oscar Roty (vertically over RF in the obverse signature L.JORIO D'AP.O.ROTY - D'APRÉS OSCAR ROTY - based on Oscar Roty), Luc Luycx (initials LL after 20 in the reverse)

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Pessac (mint mark before the Marianne's feet in the obverse, after Marianne's feet privy mark of mint's director Hubert Larivière - horn - in years 2007-2010, or Yves Sampo - rosette - from 2011)

2007	40 157 600	horn	+ 60 000 in annual boxed sets
2008	25 537 600	horn	+ 60 000 in annual boxed sets
2009	82 660 000	horn	+ 60 000 in annual boxed sets
2010	108 000 000	horn	+ 55 500 in annual boxed sets
2011	55 000 000	rosette	+ 45 500 in annual boxed sets
2012	-	rosette	+ 42 000 in annual boxed sets
2013	27 000 000	rosette	+ 28 000 in annual boxed sets
2014	45 000 000	rosette	+ 28 000 in annual boxed sets
2015	28 000 000	rosette	+ 28 000 in annual boxed sets