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10 Euros – Astérix and Liberty La rose et le glaive
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The face value '10 EURO' is displayed centrally between two decorative branches of laurel and oak. The circular legend 'RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE' surrounds the design, accompanied by three hexagonal symbols and the date 2015. The cornucopia mint differentiator appears below and to the right of the numeral '10', while the pentagon mint mark is positioned above it. The composition reflects the standard Monnaie de Paris presentation for the Liberté commemorative euro series. |
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| Mintage | 2015 - - 125,000 |
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Part of the Monnaie de Paris's long-running Astérix collector series, this issue pairs the Gaulish comic franchise with Marianne under the explicit theme of French liberty — a pairing that Goscinny and Uderzo first made politically loaded in the original albums, where the unconquered Gaulish village reads as a none-too-subtle allegory for French resistance and national stubbornness. The .333 fineness places this firmly in the billon tier of the series, aimed at accessible price points rather than serious silver collectors.
The "rose et le glaive" subtitle borrows directly from political symbolism with deep roots in French left-wing iconography — the rose appearing in Socialist Party imagery since the 1970s.