On February 2nd, 2015, the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) of FRANCE first released a circulating commemorative 2 Euro (€2) coin celebrating the 70th (seventieth) anniversary of World War II's peaceful aftermath. The obverse design clearly depicts a dove with an olive branch, but this branch contains stars rather than leaves. These stars — as well as the ones along this coin's cupronickel (copper-nickel) rim — represent the original twelve European Union member-countries. Above the dove is a funnel-shaped collection of each European Union country's abbreviations, which are two-lettered ISO country codes. Superimposed on the dove is the abbreviation RF, standing for République Français (French Republic). A comprehensive and convenient overview about France can be found in GeoFact of the Day's France post. The original coin illustration used for Money & Geography's image above was derived from Coin World (coinworld.com). What are your thoughts about this coin design? Feel free to sound off in the Comments section right below this sentence!
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