50 Euros Statue de la Liberté Grenelle

The Statue of Liberty replica on the Île aux Cygnes in Paris — the subject of this issue — was given to the city by Americans living in France in 1885, a smaller counterpart to the Bartholdi original shipped the following year in the other direction. It was deliberately oriented to face its larger twin across the Atlantic. The Monnaie de Paris issued this piece as part of its ongoing grands monuments series, which has drawn criticism in collector circles for aggressive annual releases that dilute secondary market values.