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500 Euros Baroque and Rococo era
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed allegorical composition evoking France's Baroque and Rococo heritage through three principal motifs. The Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces) of the Palace of Versailles occupies a central position, its ornate gilded architecture rendered in fine relief as an emblem of French royal grandeur. A portrait of the philosopher and writer Voltaire, intellectual luminary of the French Enlightenment, appears alongside the figure of Louis XIV depicted in his celebrated dancer's costume, referencing his role as the Sun King and patron of the arts. The denomination 500 EURO is inscribed in the field, flanked by the legends GALERIE DES GLACES and LOUIS XIV, with the name Voltaire also present. The design as a whole encapsulates the opulence and cultural dynamism of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France. |
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| Mintage | 2018 - Proof - 99 |
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