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50 Euros National Assembly and Place de la Concorde
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two contrasting halves: the left portion features a stylised depiction of the River Seine shoreline in low relief, accompanied by the UNESCO emblem at the upper left and the arc legend PARIS · RIVES DE LA SEINE. The denomination 50 EURO and the date 2017 are inscribed prominently in the centre-left field. The right half of the reverse presents a detailed aerial cartographic view of the Place de la Concorde and its surrounding street plan, engraved with topographic precision. The inscriptions PLACE DE LA CONCORDE and PALAIS BOURBON are positioned along the upper and lower right of the field respectively, identifying the featured landmarks. The design references the UNESCO World Heritage Site designation of the Paris banks of the Seine. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of the Monnaie de Paris "Monuments de Paris" series, this issue commemorates two sites bound together by the bloodiest chapter of the Revolution: the Place de la Concorde was where the guillotine stood during the Terror, and the Palais Bourbon — home to the National Assembly — was seized and repurposed repeatedly through the upheavals of 1789 and beyond. The pairing is historically loaded in a way the series rarely acknowledges directly.
Struck at .999 fineness rather than the more traditional .900 used in earlier French bullion issues, reflecting the shift toward investment-grade purity standards that dominated European mint output through the 2010s.