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10 Euros Marquis de La Fayette
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the Marquis de Lafayette facing slightly left, portrayed in 18th-century military uniform with epaulettes and lace cravat, his powdered hair dressed in the fashion of the period. The dates 1757 and 1834, denoting his birth and death years, appear to the left of the effigy in the field. The RF monogram of the French Republic is placed to the right. The curved legend LA FAYETTE, HÉROS DE LA RÉVOLUTION AMÉRICAINE arcs along the upper periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | LA FAYETTE. HÉROS DE LA RÉVOLUTION AMÉRICAINE 1757 1834 RF |
| Reverse description | The frigate L'Hermione, the vessel aboard which Lafayette sailed to America in 1777 to join the Continental Army, is depicted under full sail on the reverse. The ship is rendered in fine detail, with rigging and hull clearly delineated against an open sea. The denomination 10 EURO and the date 2007 appear in the field, along with the legend LA FAYETTE. HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and the ship's name L'HERMIONE. |
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