2024 France €10 Silver BU Coin "Women's Voting Rights 80 Years"

• Mint: Monnaie de Paris
• Denomination: €10
• Quality: UNC
• Issue limit: 10,000 pcs.
• Alloy: 33.3% Silver
• Diameter: 31 mm
• Weight: 17 g

Additional Information

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The advance of women's right to vote in France has been marked by decades of struggle.

The formal recognition of gender equality was written into the French Constitution in 1944. Women voted for the first time - in municipal elections - in 1945, and then later in legislative elections in 1948. The 2000 law establishing gender parity consolidated this progress, leading to the active participation of women in French political life today, reflecting a determined fight for equality and justice.

The obverse shows a portrait of a woman facing left, symbolizing a look back at how far women have come in their fight for gender equality and justice. Several envelopes and a ballot box are depicted to commemorate the right to vote. The year 2024 is inscribed alongside 1944, underlining the anniversary date.

The reverse features the face value surrounded by two branches, one of oak, the other of laurel, which evoke the Euro symbol. The entire reverse design is framed by an assembly of lines representing the Hexagon.

The packaging has an illustrated timeline of key dates in the history of women's rights and its development.