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20 Euros Gavroche
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 2002 - Proof - 500 |
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Issued in 2002 as part of Monnaie de Paris's early commemorative euro program, this piece draws on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables — specifically the character Gavroche, the Parisian street urchin killed on the barricades during the June Rebellion of 1832. Hugo wrote the novel across three decades, finally publishing it in 1862, and Gavroche became so culturally embedded in French identity that his name passed into common usage as a generic term for a cheeky Parisian street kid.
At 155.5 grams of .950 silver, this is a presentation-grade issue never intended for circulation — struck the same year France physically transitioned to euro coinage in everyday commerce.