5 Euros Invalides/Grand Palais

Part of the Monnaie de Paris "Monuments de Paris" series, this miniature gold piece was issued as an affordable entry point into bullion collecting — at half a gram, it was priced close to spot and sold primarily through tourist venues near the monuments themselves. The Grand Palais had just completed a major phase of its ongoing structural restoration, which had intermittently closed sections of the building since the 1990s following concerns about the deteriorating iron framework.