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50 Euros The Lion King, silver
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 50 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic, yin-yang-style composition dividing the field between a coloured and a monochrome scene. In the coloured right half, the adult Mufasa and the young cub Simba are depicted in warm polychrome tones, their figures rendered faithfully to the Disney animated film aesthetic. The left half, struck in plain silver relief, portrays the villainous Scar looming menacingly amid swirling clouds, flanked by a trio of cackling hyenas rendered in expressive cartoon style. The date '2024' appears in the upper left field, and the hyenas' iconic laughing refrain 'HI HI ! HI ! HI ! HI !' is inscribed along the left edge of the design. |
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Issued under a licensing agreement between the Monnaie de Paris and Disney, this piece belongs to a broader push by French state minting authorities into collector-market entertainment franchises — a revenue strategy that accelerated sharply after the mint's conversion to a commercial entity under the 1994 reform that ended its monopoly status. The 155.50 g format places it in the five-troy-ounce category favored for high-relief collector strikes.
The 2019 photorealistic remake grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide, directly driving renewed licensing demand for premium merchandise including numismatic issues of this weight class.