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50 Euros Van Cleef and Arpels
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
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Part of the Monnaie de Paris "Haute Joaillerie" series, this issue was produced in collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels to mark the maison's 110th anniversary — the house was founded in Place Vendôme in 1906 by Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law Salomon Arpels. The series as a whole was an unusual exercise in treating a coin as a luxury object rather than a monetary instrument, with mintages kept deliberately low to align with the exclusivity positioning of the participating houses.
The .920 fineness is a deliberate nod to traditional French jewelry gold standards rather than the .999 purity typical of modern bullion.