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100 Euros Rooster
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 100 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a boldly stylized bust of a Gallic rooster, rendered in a contemporary sculptural manner with detailed crest and feathers worked through contrasting surface textures and relief. The French tricolor flag is evoked in the background through traditional heraldic hatching conventions: horizontal lines representing blue, a flat plain surface for white, and vertical lines for red, following the technique employed on the 10, 20, and 50 euro cent coins. The republican motto 'LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ' is inscribed across the field, with the year of issue '2014' also present in the legend. The rooster, a longstanding symbol of France, is depicted with artistic dynamism befitting a high-denomination silver commemorative issue. |
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The "Coq Gaulois" series from Monnaie de Paris revived a symbol that had been largely absent from French coinage since the Third Republic. The 2014 issue was struck under the authority of the Paris Mint's ongoing collector program, which repositioned the rooster — long associated with French national identity through Gallic folklore rather than any official heraldic decision — as an anchor motif for annual silver releases aimed at international bullion collectors.
The .900 fineness follows the same alloy standard used in French coinage through much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.