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As you advanced on July 19, France had sent the request to the European Commission to change the design of its euro coins with denominations of 1 and 2 euros. It seems that the designs presented have been approved without any problem and just a few hours ago the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, together with the CEO of the Paris Mint, Marc Schwartz and his team, unveiled the designs.
The new coins want to be a new version of the republican values, carried out by Joaquín Jiménez, General Recorder of the Paris Mint.
The 2-euro coin will be put into circulation on the occasion of the French presidency of the European Union as of January 1, 2022. The main motifs will include the engraving of an oak and an olive tree, in a reinterpretation of the tree of life. , already imagined by Joaquín Jiménez and featured in French pieces since 2002.
The oak evokes strength and justice, the olive tree symbolizes peace. This tree shines towards the stars of the European flag as an allegory of values shared with the rest of the countries. The leaves represent the diversity that constitutes national unity, at the same time that they are traversed by the sap of values coming from the historical and constitutional roots symbolized by the acronym RF, and emerging at the top.
Also shown are several of hexagons pointing upwards, evoking the multiplicity of France and its progress. L as legends: Liberte, Egalite, FRATERNITÉ , official motto of the French Republic, complete the design.
The one euro coin has also been presented, and as we can see it has the same design.
According to the European Union regulation on the nominal values and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation, the Eurozone Member States are authorized to modify the designs used on the national sides of the coins once every fifteen years. normal coins intended for circulation. There is also another possibility for the design change, which can occur when there is a change in the Head of State to which they refer, without the need for any specific period of time to have passed.
Since 2017, countries that adopted the euro in 2002, if they so wish, have the opportunity to change the designs of all or part of their series of coins. Some have already done so due to the change of Head of State (Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Vatican and Monaco) and another, such as San Marino, for no specific reason, except for the business involved in minting coins with other designs to do business. among collectors.
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