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2 Euro (Simone Veil)

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Name: 2 Euro (Simone Veil)
Country: France
Series: 2001~Today - Euro (2€ Commemorative)
Theme: Anniversaries and Jubilees, Painters, Professions, Women
Issue on: 2018
Last Issue: 2018
Distribution: Circulating Commemorative
Mint: Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
Composition: Bimetallic
Composition details: core: 75% copper,20% zinc 5% nickel ring: 75% koper, 25% nickel
Face value: 2

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Currency: € - Euro
Diameter (millimeters): 25.70
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 8.50
Edge: Lettered (reeded)
Mintage: 15000000
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: Simone Veil
Description:

The design shows a portrait of Simone Veil, an icon of the struggle for women's rights. He left us last 2017 at the age of 89, after having survived a deportation to Auschwitz and it is precisely the number with which he was registered in field 78659 that appears under his figure. At his side also appears the number 1975, year in which the decriminalization of abortion in France was voted one of the main fights of Simone. Finally, the European Parliament appears in the background, in which its name is registered together with its date of birth and death (1927-2017), the indication of the country "RF", the year of issue of the 2018 currency and the trademark. of mint.

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