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20 Euros Marianne égalité
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 18 g |
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| Reverse description | A bold, frontal effigy of Marianne, the allegorical personification of the French Republic, is depicted wearing a Phrygian cap adorned with a combined wreath of olive and oak branches, symbolising peace and civic strength respectively. The portrait is rendered in a modern, stylised manner by engraver Joaquin Jimenez, with strong facial features conveying the ideals of the Republic. The legend 'Égalité' — one of the three pillars of the French Republican motto — appears within the field, accompanied by the date '2018'. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of the long-running "Valeurs de la République" series, this issue takes its place alongside the Liberté and Fraternité strikes as one of three companion pieces released across consecutive years. The Monnaie de Paris tied the trio to the 1958 Fifth Republic's constitutional framing of the national motto, though the Marianne figure as a symbol predates that document by well over a century, first appearing on official coinage during the Second Republic in 1848.
The .900 fineness places it in an older French silver tradition — the same standard used on nineteenth-century 5-franc circulation pieces.