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500 Francs / 75 Euros Grand Place, Bruxelles
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | New franc (1960-2001) |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the dual denomination '500' in large numerals, with '75 euro' inscribed across the lower portion of the numerals. The legend 'REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE' arcs along the left and right rims respectively. A ring of twelve five-pointed stars, symbolising the European Union, surrounds the central denomination design, arranged evenly around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | GRAND' PLACE BRUXELLES 1996 |
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This piece belongs to a French bimetallic commemorative series issued ahead of the euro's introduction, using a dual-denomination format that acknowledged both the outgoing franc and the incoming common currency — a political balancing act reflecting deep French ambivalence about monetary union in the mid-1990s. The Grand-Place in Brussels was a deliberate choice, the symbolic heart of European institutional identity.
The .920 gold fineness is notably impure by commemorative standards, a figure inherited from older French monetary traditions rather than the .999 fine norm most contemporaries adopted.