500 Euros Statue de la Liberté Grenelle

The Statue de la Liberté de Grenelle is a reduced replica of the New York monument, gifted to Paris by the American community residing in France in 1889 — the centennial of the Revolution — and installed on the Île aux Cygnes facing west toward its larger counterpart across the Atlantic. This coin belongs to Monnaie de Paris's recurring program of large-format gold issues commemorating Parisian landmarks, struck in five-ounce format at the Paris mint's modern Pessac facility.

The Grenelle figure was briefly turned to face east during the 1937 World's Fair, then rotated back. That small civic argument is now entirely forgotten.