Issued as part of France's broader "Aventures de la Terre" series, this coin commemorated the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. Monnaie de Paris used a concave-convex striking technique — the coin's dish-shaped surfaces create a slight three-dimensional lunar effect, a format the Paris mint was actively refining during this period and would continue developing into its more sophisticated bimetallic and colorized issues of the following decade.
Issued as part of France's broader "Aventures de la Terre" series, this coin commemorated the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. Monnaie de Paris used a concave-convex striking technique — the coin's dish-shaped surfaces create a slight three-dimensional lunar effect, a format the Paris mint was actively refining during this period and would continue developing into its more sophisticated bimetallic and colorized issues of the following decade.