History
On March 25, 1957, France signed the treaty creating the European Economic Community in Rome with Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. A second treaty created Euratom. The ceremony took place at the Palazzo dei Senatori, on Capitoline Hill.
Fifty years later, the Eurogroup ministers decided that each country in the Eurozone would mint the same 2-euro coin. The design comes from a collaboration of European Mints: the treaty book, resting on Michelangelo's paving stones.
Thirteen countries are issuing it on 25 March 2007. The French version, the first 2-Euro commemorative coin from France, is struck by the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) with a mintage of 9,406,877.