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50 Euros Marquise de Pompadour
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central design depicts a winged allegorical figure, rendered in the Rococo style, standing amid swirling clouds and surrounded by ornate scrollwork, foliage, and symbolic instruments of knowledge and the arts, evoking the frontispiece of the Encyclopédie first published in 1751. The richly decorated field is covered with a repeating fleur-de-lis and Rococo floral motif in low relief. The legend '1751 L'ENCYCLOPÉDIE' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '50 EURO' and the republic mark 'RF' appear in the lower field, with the date '2017' inscribed at the base. |
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| Reverse description | Central bust of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721–1764), rendered in high relief in the Rococo manner, facing three-quarters to the right, with her hair elaborately coiffed and adorned with flowers, and a prominent bow at the neckline. The finely detailed field is engraved with a repeating Rococo pattern of stylized flowers and foliage. The curved legend 'LA MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR' encircles the bust along the upper and lateral periphery, and her birth and death years '1721-1764' are inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Mintage | 2017 - Proof - 1,000 |
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