Feature: 225th anniversary of the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation)
Description: The French national holiday brings the
people of France together in celebration of the Republic. The design
shows Marianne, the symbol of the Republic, depicted in profile in a
graphic, contemporary style. She is wearing the Phrygian cap. On the
right the tricolour cockade appears in outline above the letters RF. The
year is written in the centre of the coin. The left side features a
stanza from the poem Liberté by the French poet Paul Eluard, an
allusion to the motto of the French Republic. The mint marks appear
alongside this extract.The coins outer ring bears the 12 stars of the
European Union.
