Description : The Franco‐German Friendship Treaty (Élysée
Treaty) was signed on the 22nd of January 1963. The coin issued jointly by France and Germany shows on the left
the then President of France, Charles de Gaulle (1890‐1970), and his signature, and on the right the then Chancellor
of Germany, Konrad Adenauer (1876‐1967), and his signature. The coin was designed by Yves Sampo and Stefanie
Lindner. The reason for this issue is at the top in French "TRAITÉ DE L'ÉLYSÉE", at the bottom in
German "ÉLYSÉE‐VERTRAG", in the middle the anniversary "50" "ANS" "JAHRE" (50 years) together with
the year of issue "2013".
On the German coin, the mint mark of the German mint (A = Staatliche Münze Berlin in Berlin,
D = Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt in Munich, F = Staatliche Münzen
Baden‐Württemberg in Stuttgart, G = Staatliche Münzen Baden‐Württemberg in
Karlsruhe or J = Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze in Hamburg) is located to the right above the
signature, below which is the country abbreviation "D" (for Deutschland / Germany). |
