| Description : World AIDS Day is celebrated on the 1st of December
each year. The Red Ribbon in the shape of the untwisted letter "V" is a symbol of the fight against AIDS was created
by the artist group Visual Aids Artists Causus and the American painter Frank Moore. It is worn where the
heart is on the body and symbolises solidarity with all AIDS patients. On the day the disease is finally conquered, the
ribbon is to be turned around to represent "V" for "Victory". On the standard minting the ribbon is highlighted by vertical
hatching with the red tincture (following the heraldic rules of tinting). On the 10,000 copies of both the die-bright
and the proof mint, the ribbon has an embossed flat surface and is coloured red (see picture). At the top of the motif is the commemorative day "1er DÉCEMBRE"
(1st of December), on the ribbons are the words "JOURNÉE MONDIAL CONTRE LA SIDA" (World AIDS Day) and
at the bottom the country abbreviation "RF" (République française, French Republic) and the year of issue
"2014". To th bottom on the left is a cornucopia the mint mark of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac, a
pentagon the logo of mint master Yves Sampo is shown on the right. The coin was designed by the Atelier de
Gravures de la Monnaie de Paris (The Engraving and Tooling Workshop Paris). |
