This piece belongs to the Monnaie de Paris "Valeurs de la République" series, which used historical French figures to anchor a broader program of silver commemoratives issued through the early 2010s. Joan of Arc was tried for heresy in 1431 by a pro-English ecclesiastical court at Rouen, condemned, and burned — then rehabilitated by a retrial in 1456 that nullified the original verdict entirely. France didn't officially canonize her until 1920, nearly five centuries after her death.
KM#2078 was struck to legal tender status but never intended for circulation.
This piece belongs to the Monnaie de Paris "Valeurs de la République" series, which used historical French figures to anchor a broader program of silver commemoratives issued through the early 2010s. Joan of Arc was tried for heresy in 1431 by a pro-English ecclesiastical court at Rouen, condemned, and burned — then rehabilitated by a retrial in 1456 that nullified the original verdict entirely. France didn't officially canonize her until 1920, nearly five centuries after her death.
KM#2078 was struck to legal tender status but never intended for circulation.