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| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | Detailed allegorical scene depicting the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, showing a crowd of armed soldiers and citizens assaulting and breaching the fortress walls, rendered in intricate low relief after the model by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu. The exergue carries the date 1789, with the legend PRISE DE LA BASTILLE arcing across the upper field and BICENTENAIRE appearing below. The engraver's name ANDRIEU and the commemorative date 1989 are also inscribed, referencing the bicentennial of the French Revolution. |
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| Reverse lettering | PRISE DE LA BASTILLE BICENTENAIRE ANDRIEU 1789 m 1989 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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