General de Gaulle - The call

Issuance year - 2010, June

70th anniversary of the Appeal of June 18

Not a nice photo of the General de Gaulle coin, but... It commemorates the 70th anniversary of the appeal (“Appel du 18 juin”) made by General de Gaulle – the leader of the Free French Forces – on the BBC in London on 18 June 1940, after the fall of France. Addressing the French people, de Gaulle declared that the war was not yet over. The speech is considered to mark the birth of the French Resistance and the beginning of its fight against the occupation of France during World War II.

This coin was sent by Miguel C., from Madrid, in our last swap. See last post.

Issuing volume: 20.000.000

Noblesse oblige

Issuance year - 2009, January

As I expected, Wendy also sent this magnificent French EMU (economic and monetary union) coin, depicted in the image, in our last coin exchange. It sure looks good along with all the other six, but they are still several EMU coins missing in my collection. Merci bien, nice "Dutch".
In January 2009, the sixteen euro-area countries jointly issued a commemorative euro coin to celebrate ten years of Economic and Monetary Union and the launch of the euro.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmIssuing volume: 10.000.000

Lucky day...

Issuance year - 2008, July

These 2 coins depicted in the image - French Presidency of the Council of the European Union - came from the small changes found evereday, and it was so easy, probably because the Euro zone's economic situation.

Issuing volume: 20.000.000

Commemorative French Rome Treaty

Issuance year - 2007, March

The coin depicted in the image is a result of my last coin exchange with Wendy. She sent me 22 coins, but about this one, who represents my 6th Treaty Of Rome, I must write "avec soupless", as it is from "République Française". It sure looks good in my collection, along with the other five. Muchas Gracias.

Issuing volume: 9.400.000