1/4 Euro Rugby World Cup 2023 - Ireland

France issued a sprawling series of quarter-euro commemoratives for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, one coin assigned to each of the twenty competing nations. These pieces carry no legal tender function in practical terms — the quarter-euro denomination does not exist in the eurozone's circulating coinage — making the entire series collectible by design from inception. Ireland's pool-stage exit at the hands of the All Blacks in the quarterfinals did nothing to dampen demand among Irish buyers, who snapped up this issue through Monnaie de Paris's direct sales channels.