10 Eur silver coin Simone Veil, France 2021

The obverse shows a portrait of Simone Veil smiling as she looks at us. Simone Veil's name and her dates "1927 - 2017" make a circle around her portrait.
The reverse shows several elements that echo her exceptional public life : first of all, the ceiling of the Pantheon is engraved in the background, where she currently rests.On the right, there is her academician's sword, which she had engraved with the number 78651 that had been tattooed to her arm in the Auschwitz camps.The caduceus, on the top of the coin, reminds us of her crucial role in the Minister of Health. The scales below represents her career as a magistrate. The European flag pays tribute to her Presidency at the European Parliament.These different stages of her life are engraved around the edge of the coin and create a circle. The word "RF" and the year of issue are visible at the bottom of the coin.