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200 Euros Concorde
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 200 Euros |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the iconic Concorde supersonic aircraft depicted in a dynamic low-angle view during take-off, its distinctive drooped nose inclined and delta wings fully extended. The runway recedes into the background, conveying speed and departure. A stylised rendering of transatlantic flight paths alludes to the celebrated Paris–New York route. The inscriptions 'CONCORDE', '1969', 'premier vol', and '2019' are distributed across the field, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the aircraft's maiden flight. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Concorde's first flight — January 2, 1969, from Toulouse — this piece belongs to a Monnaie de Paris aviation series that has become a reliable secondary market performer. Concorde itself was a Franco-British project under the 1962 treaty between the two governments, with France's Aérospatiale and Britain's BAC sharing development; the French side always claimed the trailing 'e' was non-negotiable, de Gaulle having reportedly insisted on it personally.
Commercial service ran from 1976 until Air France and British Airways retired their fleets in 2003, following the July 2000 crash of Flight 4590 at Gonesse.