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500 Francs Vénus de Milo, Large module
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1025.2, Fr#635a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BICENTENAIRE DU MUSÉE DU LOUVRE 1993 500 F |
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The Vénus de Milo series was part of France's broader late-Soviet-era cultural diplomacy push, with the large module issued as a prestige collector piece rather than anything approaching circulation. The Fr#635a designation distinguishes this from the small module variant (Fr#635), both struck the same year — a split that occasionally trips up cataloguers who conflate the two under a single KM entry.
The sculpture itself had been a centerpiece of French national prestige since its 1821 acquisition, which involved a contested purchase from Ottoman-controlled Melos and a parallel negotiation that the French government has never fully declassified.