French Coins 20 Centimes 2000 Marianne
Obverse: Marianne in left profile wearing the Phrygian cap of liberty, a national emblem of France, is surrounded with the lettering: "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE" (French Republic).
Lettering: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE LAGRIFFOUL.
Engraver: Henri Lagriffoul.
Reverse: in the coin centre in two lines large face value: 20 CENTIMES; below year of issue; along the bottom edge wreath of the olive branch on the left and cereal ear on the right; along the top right edge in two lines motto of France: LIBERTE • EGALITE • FRATERNITE • (liberty, equality, fraternity).
Lettering: A.DIEUDONNE LIBERTE·EGALITE · FRATERNITE · 20 CENTIMES 2000.
Engraver: Adrien Dieudonné.
Edge: plain.
Issue date: 13 XI 1961.
Withdrawal date: 18 II 2002.
Designer: Henri Lagriffoul (signature LAGRIFFOUL at Marianne's neck in the obverse), Adrien Dieudonné (signature A.DIEUDONNE before LIBERTE along the reverse edge).
Mint: Paris Mint mark La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Paris (until 1972) or Pessac (from 1973) (mint mark on the left side of the face value in the reverse, on the right side of the face value privy mark of mint's director Raymond Joly - owl - in years 1965-1974, Emile Rousseau - dolphin - in years 1975-1994, Pierre Rodier - bee - in years 1994-2000 or Gérard Buquoy - horseshoe - in 2001).
Diameter: 23.5 mm.
Weight: 4 g.
Thickness: 1.5 mm.
Alloy: Metal Aluminium-bronze.