A quote from the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, which de Gouges wrote in September 1791. The background includes a motif inspired by the Eighteenth Century.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
DÉCLARATION DES DROITS DE LA FEMME
« LA FEMME
NAIT LIBRE
ET DEMEURE
ÉGALE À L`HOMME
EN DROITS »
1791
R F
50 EURO
2017
Reverse description
A portrait of Olympe de Gouges with her shoulders and her neck wrapped in a fine stole. In the background, a graphical design evoques the textile patterns of the XVIIIth century.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
OLYMPE DE GOUGES
1748-1793
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)