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100 Euros Euro introduction
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing portrait of the goddess Europa, her hair adorned with twelve stars arranged in an arc above her head, symbolizing the European Union. To the left of the effigy, flags on staffs represent the national flags of the eurozone member states. Twelve euro currency symbols arranged in a semicircular legend encircle the upper field. The face value '50 EURO' and the issuing country mark 'RF' appear alongside the names of all twelve original eurozone member states inscribed in the legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 EURO RF BELGIQUE/BELGIË DEUTSCHLAND ESPAÑA FRANCE HELLAS ITALIA LUXEMBOURG IRELAND NEDERLAND ÖSTERREICH PORTUGAL SUOMI |
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France's entry into euro coinage in 2002 included this oversized gold piece, which was never intended for circulation — it belongs to a class of prestige issues the Monnaie de Paris produced specifically to mark the currency changeover. The transition retired the franc after more than thirteen centuries of continuous use, a discontinuity with no modern parallel in French monetary history.
At 155.5 grams of .999 fine gold, production costs alone ensured a purely collector audience from the outset.