2 euro FRANCE (2011) 30 Years of World Music Day

below the coin centre laughing musicians and dancers; in their figures concave letters: RF (RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - French Republic); above the logo of Music Day (in three lines: FÊTE DE LA / MUSIQUE / 21 JUIN - festival of music - 21 June); below year of issue 2011; along the top edge: 30e ANNIVERSAIRE (30th anniversary); at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

left from the coin centre face value: 2, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription 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)

reeded with concave inscription:

21 VI 2011

in circulation

???, Luc Luycx (initials LL below letter O in EURO in the reverse)

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Pessac (mint mark before year of issue in the obverse, after year of issue privy mark of mint's director Yves Sampo - rosette)

2011

20 000 000

+ 20 000 in boxed commemorative sets

French commemorative coin of 2 euro from 2011 was promoting the celebration of the 30th Music Festival (in French Fête de la Musique). The Music Day was announced for the first time on 21 June, 1982 by the French Minister of Culture Jack Lang, who invited his countrymen to take music out to the streets on the astronomical beginning of summer. Amateur and professional musicians responded to the call and since then every year on June 21 streets were filling with music. The Music Festival has become international, and today the tradition is cultivated in 100 countries around the world. The French name of the celebration is a homophone of the phrase "Faites de la musique" which means literally "Make Music".

Logo of the World Music Day.