10 Euros - La France Époque Contemporaine

Part of Monnaie de Paris's long-running "Histoire de France" series, this issue covers the contemporary period — broadly the post-1945 Republic. The series was designed to circulate as legal tender while functioning primarily as collectibles, a commercial model the Paris mint has leaned on heavily since the early 2000s to offset declining demand for circulating coinage.

Mintages on these annual thematic issues are tightly controlled, typically under 50,000 pieces.