Over the last decade we've seen an ever growing competition between the mints to stand out from the pack, and that's led to coins with wild designs, inserts made from glass, minerals, gems or oddities, as well as strange shapes and gimmicks. What we have here with 'From Clovis to the Republic', is the absolute antithesis of that approach. Brilliantly clean and simple design, beautiful artwork and impeccably struck, this series exhibits a conceptual purity missing from much of todays products. Designed by famed French fashion designer Christian Lacroix, the 15 coins in the series trace the line of key [...]