| Description : Henri Antoine Grouès (1912‐2007) was a popular
French Catholic priest who founded the charity Emmaus. During the resistance in the Second World War he adopted
his pseudonym Abbé Pierre. Next to Abbé Pierre's portrait, designed from a photograph, is his
motto "Et les autres?" (And the others?), an appeal to helpfulness. The inscription "Centenaire de la naissance de
l'abbé Pierre" (Abbé Pierre's centenary) is in a semicircle at the top. A pentagon, the logo of mint
master and designer Yves Sampo, is below the year "2012". A cornucopia, the mint mark of the French
mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac, is on the left of the coin next to the country abbreviation "RF" (République
française, French Republic). |
