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  • 2 Euro 2009-2023, KM# 195, Monaco, Albert II
  • 2 Euro 2009-2023, KM# 195, Monaco, Albert II
Description

On 7 June 2005, the European Council decided that the common side of the €0.10 to €2 coins should be brought up to date to reflect the enlargement of the EU in 2004. The €0.01, €0.02 and €0.05 coins show Europe in relation to the rest of the world, therefore they remained unchanged. In 2007, the new design was introduced. The design still retains all elements of the original designs but the map of the fifteen states is replaced by one showing the whole of Europe as a continent, without borders, to stress unity.

Obverse

The portrait of HSH Prince Albert encircled by the country name and the twelve stars of Europe. Date below divides mint and mint master's marks.

Albert II (born 14 March 1958) is the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco and head of the Princely House of Grimaldi. He is the son of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and the American actress Grace Kelly.

• Mintmark of the Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris in Pessac): Cornucopia (horn of plenty)
• Mint master's marks:
– 2004–2010: Hunting horn with a wave and a fish (Hubert Larivière)
– 2011–2020: Pentagon with letters AG, MP and YS (Yves Sampo)
– 2021–present: Two nested squares superimposed on a rhinoceros head (Joaquin Jimenez)
• Engraver: Henri Thiebaud

MONACO
2011

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

12 stars are located on the right side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “O” in “EURO.”

2 EURO
LL

Edge

The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted

2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ 2 ★ ★

2 Euro

2nd map
KM# 195 Gadoury# MC195
Characteristics
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Nickel Brass
Weight 8.5 g
Diameter 25.75 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Paris Mint (A)

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