10 Euros Champagne-Ardenne

Issued as part of the long-running Monnaie de Paris regional series, this piece represents one of twenty-seven French regions given their own silver issue between 2010 and 2012. The Champagne-Ardenne entry trades on the obvious — the region's centuries-old sparkling wine industry, formally codified under appellation rules established in 1936. At .500 fineness, these were never prestige bullion; they circulated within the collector gift market almost exclusively, and most examples were sold in blister packaging through La Poste branches.