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2000 French 1 euro

France’s tree design meets the original shared euro map. A silver-colored center and gold-colored ring frame both faces.

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The story behind the coin

The national side shows a tree, RF and the French motto inside a hexagonal outline, with 2000 split along the bottom. This entry pairs it with the original common one-euro face showing the pre-enlargement European Union, rather than the later geographical map. The ECB documents that design distinction. Both photographs are by Mark Morgan but show separate examples of the matching design version; their lighting and wear are preserved.

Which side is heads?

Heads: The French tree design, RF, LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ and 2000.
Tails: 1 EURO and the original map showing the European Union before its 2004 enlargement.

A different coin. The same fair toss.

The artwork changes, but every virtual toss still has a 50/50 chance of heads or tails. We simulate the movement; the result is chosen independently. This is not a simulation of the physical balance of a historical coin.

Images: Mark Morgan, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Cropped, background removed, aligned and resized; original colors and wear retained. Image license ↗ View source record ↗

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