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500 Euro Year of the Horse
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 500 Euros (500 EUR) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a powerful rearing horse rendered in high relief at the center of the design, its musculature and flowing mane depicted with exceptional sculptural detail. The horse emerges dynamically from a circular decorative border ring, which is richly ornamented with Chinese floral and mythological motifs in low relief. To the left of the horse, the Chinese character '馬' (meaning 'horse') is prominently inscribed in the field within the inner ring. The legend 'ANNÉE DU CHEVAL' curves along the upper left border, and the year '2026' appears at the upper right, denoting the forthcoming Chinese Year of the Horse. The outer rim is adorned with foliate ornamental detailing consistent with the Monnaie de Paris' refined artistic tradition. |
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Part of Monnaie de Paris's ongoing lunar series, this issue marks the first Year of the Horse in the series to be struck at 155.50 grams — a five-troy-ounce format that the Paris mint has increasingly favored for its prestige bullion issues targeting Asian collector markets, where lunar gold holds particular secondary-market strength. France's engagement with Chinese New Year coinage is commercially deliberate: Monnaie de Paris began aggressively expanding into Pacific Rim numismatic retail in the 2010s, and the lunar series has been one of its primary vehicles.