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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1961979, member: 39&quot;]Three more coins, three more politicians. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The French €10 collector coin issued in 2012 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Eurocorps; it shows the French president François Mitterrand and the German chancellor Helmut Kohl in Verdun (1984). Mitterrand was sometimes called &quot;Tonton&quot; which also means &quot;Uncle&quot;; Kohl was (less respectfully) called &quot;Birne&quot; which means &quot;Pear&quot;, due to the shape of his head. Image: Monnaie de Paris.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346413[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The other &quot;couple&quot;: President Charles de Gaulle and chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Two coins issued last year to commemorate the Elysée Treaty; the French and the German €2 piece have basically the same design. Well, Adenauer we already had before; de Gaulle was sometimes (especially in his younger years) called &quot;la grande asperge&quot; - &quot;the great asparagus&quot; due to his height.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]346414[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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