The 2019 Monnaie de Paris Eiffel Tower issue belongs to a long-running series commemorating the tower's construction, first authorized in 1989 for the centennial. The 163.8-gram format places this squarely in the French "kilo-class adjacent" collector series — technically under a kilo but struck at a weight calculated to accommodate the coin's architectural relief depth without cracking the dies.
Gustave Eiffel's original structure was granted a temporary permit in 1889 and was very nearly demolished in 1909, saved only because its antenna had become essential to Parisian wireless telegraphy.
The 2019 Monnaie de Paris Eiffel Tower issue belongs to a long-running series commemorating the tower's construction, first authorized in 1989 for the centennial. The 163.8-gram format places this squarely in the French "kilo-class adjacent" collector series — technically under a kilo but struck at a weight calculated to accommodate the coin's architectural relief depth without cracking the dies.
Gustave Eiffel's original structure was granted a temporary permit in 1889 and was very nearly demolished in 1909, saved only because its antenna had become essential to Parisian wireless telegraphy.