The year 2022 testifies to two major European events. January 1, 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the circulation of the euro, replacing the franc and becoming in the same way the European currency of the member countries of the euro zone. In addition, France will chair the Council of the European Union in 2022, 13 years after its last presidency. It is in this conjunction of unprecedented major events that the change in the national face of currencies of € 1 and € 2 French, two decades after the appearance of the European currency.

This quadriptych in brilliant universal quality brings together the four currencies of € 1 and € 2 of the 2021 and 2022 vintages.