50 Euros Court of Human Rights, gold

Issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the European Court of Human Rights, which was established under the 1959 entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights — itself drafted in the immediate aftermath of the Nuremberg trials as a binding regional mechanism. France holds particular institutional significance here: the Court sits permanently in Strasbourg, and the Monnaie de Paris issued this piece in its capacity as the host nation's mint.

The .920 fineness is characteristic of French commemorative gold from this period, a standard the Monnaie de Paris maintained well before the shift toward .999 fine issues became commercially fashionable among European mints.