Lion and cub boarding the African reserve at Sigean, a French commune in the Aude department, Occitanie region.
Obverse lettering
RESERVE AFRICAINE DE SIGEAN
Panthera leo
AUDE - FRANCE
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
On the periphery, the word France written in eight languages. France at 12 o`clock, 2012 at 6 o`clock, all linked by 14 stars on the right and left. In the center of a hexagon, the building of the Monnaie de Paris.
Reverse lettering
FRANCIA ~ ??????? ~ FRANKREICH ~ ?? ~
????? ~ ???? ~ ???? ~ ??????
FRANCE
MONNAIE DE PARIS
EVM
2012
Reverse script
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)