| Description : Astérix, created in 1959 by author René
Goscinny (1926‐1977) and illustrator Albert Uderzo (1927‐2020), became the most successful French comic series.
Astérix, the quintessential Gaul, embodies the Frenchman with his intelligence and shrewdness. His illustrator Albert
Uderzo himself designed the commemorative coin, on which the profile of Asterix under the winged helmet is surrounded by
semi‐circular ‐ (irregularly shaped stones resembling) ‐ dots above and a laurel wreath as a symbol of glory,
victory and peace. Underneath "ASTÉRIX" is the country abbreviation "RF" (République fançaise,
French Republic), towards the bottom 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, the occasion of issue "LX ANS" (60 years) and the
year "MMXIX" in Roman numerals as in Arabic numerals "2019". |