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24 euro - Chamonix-Mont-Blanc [74]
| Issuer | Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix Mont-Blanc |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of Jacques Balmat, the celebrated high-altitude guide and first summiteer of Mont Blanc, rendered in low relief against a field through which the Mont Blanc massif is evoked. The legend COMPAGNIE DES GUIDES DE CHAMONIX MONT-BLANC curves along the upper periphery. Below the portrait, the inscriptions 'j. Balmat dit Mont-Blanc' identify the subject, flanked by the dates 1821 and 1996, with '175e ANNIVERSAIRE' commemorating the 175th anniversary of the guides' company. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix was founded in 1821, making it the oldest professional mountain guiding association in the world. Its members led the first ascents of virtually every major summit in the Mont Blanc massif throughout the 19th century. This 24-euro piece — denominated in a unit with no legal tender status — was issued as a local commemorative, a practice that accelerated sharply across French municipalities in the mid-1990s as towns began exploiting collector demand ahead of the euro's pending introduction.