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50 Euros Golden Fleece
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse portrays Jason, the heroic figure of Greek mythology, in a dramatic scene evoking his legendary quest for the Golden Fleece. Jason is depicted in dynamic posture, confronting or subduing the dragon guardian, with the lustrous Golden Fleece rendered prominently in the composition. The design captures the mythological narrative with bold, sculptural relief work characteristic of modern French commemorative coinage. The legend JASON appears in the upper field, accompanied by the Republican monogram RF and the date 2024. The overall composition reflects the Monnaie de Paris's tradition of blending classical subject matter with refined contemporary engraving technique. |
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The Golden Fleece order was founded in 1430 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, partly as a political tool to bind the Flemish nobility to his rule and partly in deliberate rivalry with the English Order of the Garter. Its continued prestige across six centuries — passing through Habsburg and then Spanish and Austrian dynastic hands — made it one of the few chivalric orders to survive intact from the medieval period into modern sovereign courts. France's connection is oblique enough that this Monnaie de Paris issue sits in an awkward historical space, drawing on classical myth rather than any direct French institutional lineage.