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20 Euros Euro Circulation
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy of the goddess Europa facing right, her hair adorned with stars, surrounded by an arc of twelve euro signs (€) representing the eurozone member states. To the left of the portrait, stylized flagpoles bearing the national flags of the euro area countries are depicted in the field. The face value '20 EURO' and the French state initials 'RF' appear in the legend, accompanied by the names of all twelve founding eurozone nations inscribed along the periphery in Latin script. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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France's 2002 euro gold issues were part of the first wave of euro-denominated collector coinage struck by the Monnaie de Paris following monetary union, authorized under the same legislative framework that retired the franc after 641 years of continuous use. The Monnaie de Paris holds the distinction of being the world's oldest continuously operating mint, tracing its institutional lineage to a royal ordinance of 864 AD.
The .920 fineness follows a French gold standard with roots in the Napoleonic coinage reforms of 1803.