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The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in France 1999-2006. France began minting euros in 1999. The hexagon on the obverse, also used on the two euro coin, refers to a common nickname for metropolitan France.

Recorded mintage: 297,305,000.

Specification: 7.5 g., Bi-Metallic Copper-Nickel center in Brass ring, 23.3 mm diamter. Obv: Stylized tree divides RF within circle, date below by Joaquin Jimenez; Rev: Denomination and map by Luc Luycx; Edge: Reeded and plain sections.

Catalog reference: KM 1288.

Source:

• Bruce, Colin R., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001 to date, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2009.

Link to:

• 2001 euro
• 2002 2 euro
• Coins and currency dated 2000
• return to coins of France