It is thus the most widespread work of art in France. Date 1997 Date 1997 KM 1320 500 FRANCS - 75 EURO. Originally, The Sower was used on the fifty centime to two franc coins introduced in 18, before appearing on stamps in 1903. The traditional profile of the Republic was abandoned in favour of a more active, standing figure. He went back to the Sower of 1887 but transformed his robust peasant into a slim Marianne (national symbol of the French Republic, an allegory of liberty and reason), wearing the Phrygian cap of Liberty. The Twenty Euro Cents coin (0.20) has a value of one fifth of a Euro and is composed of an alloy called Nordic Gold (89 copper, 5 aluminium, 5 zinc, and 1 tin), with a 'Spanish flower' shape (smooth edge separated into equal sections by seven indents). This was the year when Oscar Roty designed a prize medal commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture. This Sower originally dates back to 1887. Depicts a modern sower, redesigned by Laurent Jorio, surrounded by the 12 stars of the European Union against a background of diagonal lines to the left are horizontal lines and the year, to the right, vertical lines and the initials of the French Republic (RF), and at the bottom, the mint marks of the Paris mint and mint master.
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