10 Euros Jean de La Fontaine
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2021 |
| Value | 10 Euros 10 EUR = USD 12 |
| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.999) |
| Weight | 22.2 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 298699 |
| References | KM# 2978 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Laurent Bonneau; 2023. Monnaies Euro françaises. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. |
Commemorative issue
400th anniversary of birth of Jean de La Fontaine
Series: L'art de la plume
Obverse
Feather, face value, various emblematic quotations from Voltaire, Dante Alighieri, Shakespeare and Nietzsche.
Script: Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien
Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch’intrate
To be or not to be: that is the question
Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker
L'art de la plume
10 €
RF
Unabridged legend: République Française
Reverse
Profile portrait of Jean de la Fontaine, presence of several animals: the frog and the ox, the stork, the raven and the fox, the cicada and the ant and the tortoise.
Castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte.
Script: Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 1695
2021
Edge
Plain
Mint
 |
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Mark
 |
Joaquin Jimenez, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (2020-date) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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| 2021 | |
3 000 | $ 89 | Proof | |||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 87
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Bullion value: USD 48.73
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Actual silver weight: 0.713 oz
Current silver price: 68.34 USD/oz (see silver price 
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