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500 Francs Jacques Germain Soufflot
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | JACQUES-GERMAIN SOUFFLOT 1713 1780 RF |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris |
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Soufflot spent nearly three decades overseeing the Panthéon's construction, beginning in 1758, and never lived to see it completed — he died in 1780, a decade before the Revolutionary government repurposed the unfinished church as a secular mausoleum. This coin was issued as part of the Monnaie de Paris millennial series marking the year 2000, a run that paired French architectural and intellectual figures with denominations largely intended for collectors rather than circulation.
The .920 fineness is a notably archaic standard, echoing pre-metric French gold coinage rather than the .999 fine issues common to modern bullion programs.