| Description : Called the "Euro", the European Men's Football Championship,
which has been held every four years since 1960, was held in France from the 10th of June to the 10th of
July 2016. The winning team received a miniature version of the trophy named after the competition's initiator, Henri
Delaunay. The coin, designed by Miguel Viana, shows this Henri Delaunay Cup with the three‐line inscription
"UEFA European Football Championship" superimposed on a stylised outline of France. On the left of the coin is a cornucopia,
the mint mark of the French mint Monnaie de Paris in Plessac and on the right a pentagon, the logo of mint master
Yves Sampo. In the centre on the right are the letters "RF" for République française (French
Republic), and at the top the name of the competition "UEFA EURO 2016 FRANCE". At the bottom a football is depicted. Around
the outside of the motif some graphic elements symbolising the sporting competition, others the cultural nation of France
(with the art movements Pontillism, Art déco and Art brut that originated there); the hexagons (jokingly) imitating
the country shape stand for the host country France. |
