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2 Euros UEFA EURO 2016 Football Championship
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Joaquin Jimenez Reverse: Luc Luycx |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a geographic representation of the European continent rendered without internal national borders, positioned to the left of the face value denomination. The numeral 2 and the word EURO appear in bold relief to the right of the map, with the designer's initials LL (for Luc Luycx) inscribed discreetly in the field. Twelve stars of the European Union encircle the inner disc design in accordance with the standard eurozone coinage reverse format. |
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France had hosted the European Championship once before, in 1984, winning it. The 2016 edition was the first to expand to 24 national teams, a format change UEFA pushed through despite considerable resistance from purists who argued it diluted qualifying standards. The tournament itself was overshadowed by security concerns following the November 2015 Paris attacks, with French authorities deploying over 90,000 police and military personnel across host cities.
The Monnaie de Paris issued this piece under its standard commemorative program, which produces €2 coins in volumes large enough that most examples reached circulation rather than collector hands.