Highlights: The new faces which will be engraved on the French 10, 20 and 50 euro cent coins will be Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker, Marie Curie. Three-quarter or profile faces chiseled in the center of the golden pieces accompanied by their name engraved vertically. The three women look to the left, in the same direction as the Sower located in the foreground, a symbol appearing for 120 years on French coins. Each minted euro coin has a European side, the reverse, and a national side, which can only be changed every fifteen years.

The new faces which will be engraved on the French 10, 20 and 50 euro cent coins will be Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker, Marie Curie. These very popular women all three have their…

Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker, Marie Curie… the new faces of French euro coins

The new faces which will be engraved on the French 10, 20 and 50 euro cent coins will be Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker, Marie Curie.

These very popular women all have their place in the Pantheon.

Joséphine Baker, in concert in Miami, United States, in 1951. © Getty Images / Ray Fisher

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Three-quarter or profile faces chiseled in the center of the golden pieces accompanied by their name engraved vertically.

The three women look to the left, in the same direction as the Sower located in the foreground, a symbol appearing for 120 years on French coins, of the franc and then of the euro.

Three exceptional women in the spotlight.

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Simone Veil appears on the 10 centime coins.

A survivor of Auschwitz, she is a figure in European politics and the fight for women's rights.

And this, while abortion has just been included in the Constitution.

On the 20 cent coins, it is Joséphine Baker, artist, resistance fighter, feminist, anti-racist and first black woman to enter the Pantheon three years ago.

Finally, on the 50 cents, there is the scientist Marie Curie, the only woman to date to have received two Nobel Prizes.

Each minted euro coin has a European side, the reverse, and a national side, the face, which can only be changed every fifteen years.

The new French euro coins will be put into circulation this summer.

“

The three personalities selected to appear on these coins are the symbol of a strong attachment to the values of the Republic and a source of daily inspiration for everyone

,” declared Marc Schwartz, CEO of Monnaie de Paris, quoted in a statement.

✨ @Economie_Gouv and @MonnaieDeParis are changing the design of French coins of 10, 20 and 50 euro cents.

These three coins honor three exceptional women ➡️ #SimoneVeil, #JoséphineBaker and #MarieCurie, all three entries into the Pantheon for… pic.twitter.com/YNlnL7m4sG

Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker, Marie Curie… the new faces of French euro coins

Simone Veil, Joséphine Baker, Marie Curie… the new faces of French euro coins

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