Beautiful Marianne is the latest French numismatic icon to be celebrated Who is Marianne? In the way that Britain has Britannia, the US has Lady Liberty, and Switzerland has Helvetia, France has Miarianne. The personification of nationhood, these strong females represent the strength and values of country. Obviously these will be strong contenders for numismatic [...]
French Seven Arts proof coin series continues with a Gallic cinema legend, Jean Gabin. Another of the many series of precious metal coins issued by the Monnaie de Paris has been boosted with a new entrant and this time it's one celebrating something very close to the French heart - the [...]
The Treasures of Paris gilded proof silver coin range visits the Institut de Paris for its second outing. The latest in the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) proof coin series called Treasures of Paris has just managed to sneak in before the years end, fulfilling the mints commitment to two debuts [...]
Mickey Through the Ages. France joins Niue with coins celebrating Disney icon. Previously the exclusive domain of the New Zealand Mint, Disney coins have now been launched by French national mint, the Monnaie de Paris. Ostensibly a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney's death, the coins are strictly limited [...]
French Excellence continues from the Monnaie de Paris with Van Cleef & Arpels. For the third year the old French mint, the Monnaie de Paris, has released a range of coins meant to celebrate excellence in French artistic design. The series launched in 2014 with a commemoration of 250 years of [...]
The centenary commemorations of the Great War continue with most of the major countries involved releaseing coins in remembrance. As the country upon whose soil much of the carnage took place, France has a special right to mark the war. Their latest features a battle that occupies a special place in the French memory, not for [...]
The last of the three 2016 coins in the new Monnaie de Paris sequel series to its superb From Clovis to Republic range is here now. While the first two subjects, Queen Clotilde and William the Conquerer’s wife, Mathilde, may not be widely known, this third coin subject certainly is. Joan of Arc is a figure [...]
Another of the excellent coin series issued by the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) is one called UNESCO: The Banks of the Seine , a range of silver and gold coins that depict “world heritage cultural property sites”, as classified by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). For the purposes of this coin series, [...]
The Monnaie de Paris sequel series to its superb From Clovis to Republic range debuted last month and is now launching the second of three coins due in 2016. Called Women of France, the series will feature women that "have left their mark on the history of France". They are struck in a style called 'History', [...]
One of the world's premiere sporting events, the European Championship run by UEFA, is widely considered to be amongst the toughest prizes to win in international football, mainly because of the plethora of high quality teams on the continent that are eligible to play. Held every four years in a host country, in 2016 the honour [...]
