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10 Euros - Coin of History Guillaume the Conqueror
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a geometric octagonal framework of intersecting incuse lines within the round field, evoking a modern graphic design. At center, an olive branch above and a wheat ear sprig below flank the large denomination numeral '10', with the word 'EURO' inscribed to its left. The legend 'RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE' is distributed around the central motif, reading from upper left to lower right, with the date '2019' placed vertically along the right inner border. |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
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This piece belongs to Monnaie de Paris' long-running "Coin of History" commemorative series, which has recycled the same billon specification across dozens of issues — a format kept affordable precisely because the target buyer is a collector of the theme, not the metal. Guillaume himself needs little introduction, but 1066 is only half the story: his claim rested on an oath allegedly sworn by Harold Godwinson at Bayeux, the disputed nature of which gave the invasion a legal pretext the Norman chroniclers were careful to preserve.
The .333 fineness dates this alloy tradition to French token coinage rather than any silver monetary standard.