1 Euro 2nd type

France's 2022 euro redesign was driven by the European Union's mandatory modernization directive requiring all member states to update coin portraits by 2023 — the first systematic overhaul of eurozone circulating coinage since the currency's 2002 launch. The Monnaie de Paris retooled its dies accordingly, producing what the catalog designates the "2nd type."

The bimetallic construction has caused persistent galvanic corrosion issues in high-humidity circulation environments, a known problem across the eurozone's 1 euro series since introduction.