Archaeologists have discovered human skull fragments dating back some 450,000 years at Tautavel, a French commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie region.
Obverse lettering
HOMME DE TAUTAVEL
450 000 ans
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. France on the upper and lower sides of the hexagon with the year on the right and left. In the center, the building of the Monnaie de Paris with 6 stars above and below.
Reverse lettering
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~ FRANCE FRANCE ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2009 MONNAIE DE PARIS 2009 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EVM FRANCE FRANCE
Reverse script
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
