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6.55957 Francs Renaissance Art
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1225 |
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| Reverse description | A richly detailed allegorical composition celebrating Renaissance art and architecture of the 15th and 16th centuries. Prominent in the field are an idealized cityscape featuring Renaissance domed buildings and colonnaded facades, with Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man prominently rendered within its circle and square to the upper right. A map outline of Europe appears in the upper left field. The legend ART DE LA RENAISSANCE arcs along the upper border, with XVe-XVIe SIECLE inscribed in two lines at the base of the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ART DE LA RENAISSANCE XVe-XVIe SIÈCLE |
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The face value of 6.55957 francs was not an artistic choice — it was the legally fixed conversion rate between the French franc and the euro, set irrevocably on January 1, 1999. Monnaie de Paris issued a series of coins at this precise denomination in 2000 as a farewell to the franc, knowing physical euro coins wouldn't circulate until 2002. The denomination itself is the entire story: an irrational number stamped in silver, memorializing the exact moment France surrendered its monetary independence to the common currency.