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50 Euros La Semeuse
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Thickness | 2.80 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the denomination 'EURO 50' in large, bold characters at the centre of the field, flanked by two sprigs — an olive branch above and an oak branch below — symbolising peace and strength respectively. Surrounding the central motif is an octagonal geometric framework of intersecting lines incised into the field, creating a structured decorative border. The French Republican motto 'LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ' is inscribed along the inner periphery of the octagonal design, partially readable in standard orientation around the upper arc. |
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La Semeuse — the sower — has been one of France's most durable monetary images since Louis-Oscar Roty introduced her on the franc coinage of 1897. This 2010 issue belongs to a commemorative series that deliberately revived the figure at a monumental scale, partly as a nostalgic gesture in the years immediately following France's full absorption into the eurozone, when public sentiment around the lost franc remained genuinely raw.
Roty won the original design competition after a protracted institutional dispute over who had the authority to select it.