2 Euro (First Map Design),France,Used

Issued on:1999
Last issue date:2006
Distribution:Standard Circulation
Mints:Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
Composition:Bimetallic
Edge:Lettered-Signs-Numbers (reeded)
Orientation:Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:Circular
Rim:Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Weight:8.5 grams
Diameter:25.75 mm
Thickness:2.2 mm
Face value:2 € - Euro
Known mintage:620,395,806
Composition Details:ring: 75% copper, 25% nickel, core: 75% copper, 20% zinc 5% nickel

Description:
Edge:
Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence “2 * * ” alternately upright and inverted
Lettering: 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 **

Designer: LL Luc Luycx / J.JIMENEZ Joaquim Jimenez

Mints:
Cornucipia (c) - Paris , France

Mintmaster’s privy mark:
Bee (b) - Pierre Rodier (-2000)
Horseshoe (hs) - Gérard Buquoi (2001-2002)
Heart (h) - Serge Levet (2003)
French horn (fh) - Hubert Larivière (2004-2010)