French euro coins feature three separate designs for the three series of coins. The minor series was designed by Fabienne Courtiade, the middle one by Laurent Jurio and the major two coins are by Joaquin Jimenez. All designs share the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint as well as the letters "RF" for ''République Française'' (

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French euro design

For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see

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. To coincide with the French

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, and the 20th anniversary of euro coins, the French national designs on the 1 and 2 euro coins have been changed. The new designs were approved by the

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on 26 July 2021 and have been revealed to the public on 16 December 2021 ahead of their entry into circulation in 2022.

Circulating Mintage quantities

The following table shows the mintage quantity for all French euro coins, per denomination, per year.

References

External links

The visual characteristics of the Euro coins: France
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