Description:
Obverse
A tree, symbolising life, continuity and growth, is contained in a hexagon and encircled by the French motto "LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ"(liberty, equality, fraternity) and the twelve stars of Europe
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the gathering of the fifteen states of the European Union
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