OBVERSE

Surrounded by a circular decoration, a rooster; in the upper part the kanji meaning “rooster” (鸡[jī]) and the year 2017; in the lower part the inscription “Year of the Rooster” and the initials RF of French Republic.

REVERSE

On the left a portrait of Jean de La Fontaine; on the right the face value 10 EURO on two lines and the representation of twelve animals: a snake, a tiger, a monkey, a dog, a horse, a goat, a dragon, an ox, a rat, a rooster, a pig and a rabbit; in the upper part the legend “Fables de La Fontaine”; in the lower part the vintage 2017 framed by the different (cornucopia on the left and Rosette of the engraving workshop on the right).