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100 Euros Claude Monet
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two vertical panels by a raised rule. The left panel displays a stylised depiction of the Eiffel Tower rendered in outline relief, with the date '-2009-' inscribed at its base. The right panel bears a dynamic figure of Marianne in motion, holding aloft the torch of liberty, with Monet's facsimile signature overlaid upon her form. To the upper right, the French national motto 'Liberté Egalité Fraternité' is inscribed in three stacked lines, flanked by the artist's birth and death years '1840' and '1926'. The denomination '100 EURO' appears in large bold characters across the lower portion of the right panel. |
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Issued as part of the Monnaie de Paris "Grands Peintres" series, this piece was struck the year before the centenary of Monet's celebrated water garden paintings began commanding record auction prices. The .920 gold fineness is consistent with French monetary tradition rather than the .999 fine standard adopted by most modern bullion programs — a deliberate choice that places this issue closer in character to historic French gold coinage than to contemporary collector bullion.