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500 Euros Libertas Americana
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | High-relief allegorical composition after Augustin Dupré's original Libertas Americana medal design. A helmeted female figure personifying France, draped and armed with a spear, stands at left protecting a seated infant — symbolizing the nascent United States — from a rampant lion bearing a fleur-de-lis shield, representing Great Britain. The monogram 'RF' (République Française) appears in the upper right field, and the date '2023' is inscribed at the lower left. The arc legend 'NON SINE DIIS ANIMOSUS INFANS' (Not without divine aid is the child courageous) curves along the upper border, with the commemorative dates '17 / 19 OCT. 1777. / 1781.' and the engraver's signature 'DUPRÉ F' incused in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse description | High-relief bust of Liberty in left profile, her flowing hair crowned with a liberty pole and Phrygian cap, faithfully reproducing Augustin Dupré's celebrated Libertas Americana medal of 1782. The truncation bears the engraver's signature 'DUPRÉ'. The arc legend 'LIBERTAS · AMERICANA ·' curves along the upper border, while the denomination '500 EURO' is inscribed in the lower left field. The commemorative date '4 JUIL. 1776.' — referring to American Independence — appears in the lower exergue below a horizontal line. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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