| Description : Since 1982, French people have celebrated the annual Music
Festival at the beginning of summer on the 21st of June, when amateur and professional musicians play in
public streets and squares. The coin design by Fabienne Courtiade depicts revelers and musicians, a tenor saxophone
and single notes. At the top right is the commemorative period "30e ANNIVERSAIRE" (30th Anniversary), in the centre
the reason for the issue "Fête de la MUSIQUE 21 Juin" (Music Festival 21st of June) is depicted in three
lines in irregular handwriting‐like characters, below it is the issue year "2011", flanked on the left by a cornucopia,
the mint mark of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac, on the right of it by a pentagon the logo of mint master
Yves Sampo. At the bottom is "RF" the country abbreviation for (République française, French Republic).
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