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

2 euro 2011 - 30 Years of World Music Day - coins of France

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
25.75 mm	8.5 g	2.22 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅/Cu₇₅Zn₂₀Ni₅

obverse:

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

reverse:

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)

edge:

reeded with concave inscription: edge of French 2 euro coins

issue date:

21 VI 2011

withdrawal date:

in circulation

designer:

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

mint:

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)

mintage:

2011

20 000 000

+ 20 000 in boxed commemorative sets

mint marks:

Privy marks of the general engravers of the Mint of Paris, which can be found on French coins produced after 1944:

Lucien Bazor	1931-1958	wing
Raymond Joly	1958-1974	owl
Emile Rousseau	1974-1994	dolphin
Pierre Rodier	1994-2000	bee
Gérard Buquoy	2001-2002	horseshoe
Serge Levet	2003	heart
Hubert Larivière	2004-2010	horn
Yves Sampo	from 2011	rosette

interesting facts:

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.

last update: 20 XI 2013

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