France - 50 Euro silver, Notre-Dame de Paris, 2024

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Euro coins silver
Issue year: 2024
Face Value: 50 Euro
Quality: PROOF
Metal: Silver
Weight: 155,5 g
Diameter: 50 mm
Fineness: 999
Mintage: 250
795,00

In 2024, to celebrate the reopening to the public of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral after four years of restoration, Monnaie de Paris is partnering with this masterpiece of Gothic architecture to strike a collection of coins of excellence. The round coins from this collection highlight the rebuilding of the cathedral. The intersecting lines around the front of Notre Dame symbolize the presence of scaffolding, on which the text «Rebatir Notre Dame» (Rebuilding Notre Dame) rests. On the reverse is focus on the men and women working on the Notre Dame construction site. Illustrations by artist Arthur Bonifay highlight the craftsmen and women who helped rebuild the Gothic cathedral to its original state. Carpenters, crane operators, stone masons, scaffolders... Today's craftsmen and master craftsmen pay tribute to the cathedral's original builders. They perpetuate age-old gestures while using more modern techniques. Through their work, they help to pass on their exceptional know-how.