10 Euros Pinocchio, silver 999‰

Part of the Monnaie de Paris's ongoing "Contes et Légendes" program, this issue commemorates Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel rather than the 1940 Disney adaptation — a distinction the Paris mint has been deliberate about across the series. Collodi's original Pinocchio is considerably darker than most buyers expect: the cricket is killed in chapter four, and Pinocchio is hanged by assassins before the story redeems him.

The .999 fineness places this above the more common .925 collector silver, a specification the Monnaie de Paris adopted for this series to sharpen relief detail on the sculpted surfaces.