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| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Japanese |
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| Reverse lettering | PATRIMOINE MONDIAL UNESCO 10 EURO CITE INTERDITE MUR D'HADRIEN EL TAJIN ALHAMBRA MONT SAINT-MICHEL CATHEDRALE D'AIX-LA-CHAPELLE TAJ MAHAL YOSEMITE KREMLIN POMPEI |
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Part of the Monnaie de Paris "Shapes of the World" series, this issue belongs to a run of shaped coins — in this case curved, mimicking the mountain's profile — that pushed French mint production techniques into genuinely awkward territory. The concave/convex striking requirement demands precise die alignment tolerances that flat planchet presses were never designed to handle.
Fuji's designation as a UNESCO Cultural Heritage site in 2013, rather than Natural Heritage, was a deliberate workaround — the mountain failed natural site criteria due to pollution levels on its slopes.