100 francs Mona Lisa ESSAI

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type	Patterns
Year	1993
Value	100 Francs (100 FRF)
Currency	New franc (1960-2001)
Composition	Silver (.900)
Weight	22.2 g
Diameter	37 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 537148
References	KM# 1017 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Franc 2014# 1623 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. , Gad 1789# C45 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Bi-centenary of the Musée du Louvre, 1793-1993 Automatically translated

Series: BICENTENAIRE DU MUSÉE DU LOUVRE

Obverse

Circular legend "MONA LISA" / Center: Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Mona Lisa / Left: "RF".

Italian painter, sculptor, architect and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci created the painting of Mona Lisa around 1503. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONA LISA RF

Engraver: Émile Rousseau

Reverse

A view of the Louvre Museum with two pyramids, from the main courtyard, is surmounted by the legend "BICENTENAIRE DU MUSÉE DU LOUVRE", with the face value below.
The word "ESSAI" to the left of the face value. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
100F BICENTENAIRE DU MUSEE DU LOUVRE 1993
ESSAI

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Émile Rousseau, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1974-1994)

Comments

The Mona Lisa (Italian: La Gioconda or Mona Lisa ), or Portrait of Mona Lisa, is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, created between 1503 and 1506, or between 1513 and 1516, and possibly as late as 1517 (the artist died onMay 2, 1519), depicts a half-body portrait of the Florentine Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo. Most probably acquired by Francis ^I, this 79 × 53 cm oil painting on poplar panel is now on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The Mona Lisa is one of the few paintings definitively attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.

The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a young woman, set against a mountainous landscape with distant, misty horizons. She is depicted in a three-quarter view, up to her waist, including her arms and hands, looking at the viewer - a relatively new feature for the time, and a departure from the usual portraits, which cut off the bust at shoulder or chest level, and are entirely in profile.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

La Joconde (en italien : La Gioconda ou Monna Lisa ), ou Portrait de Monna Lisa, est un tableau de Léonard de Vinci, réalisé entre 1503 et 1506 ou entre 1513 et 1516, et peut-être jusqu'à 1517 (l'artiste étant mort le 2 mai 1519), qui représente un portrait mi-corps, celui de la Florentine Lisa Gherardini, épouse de Francesco del Giocondo. Très probablement acquise par François I^er, cette peinture à l'huile sur panneau de bois de peuplier de 79 × 53 cm est exposée au musée du Louvre à Paris. La Joconde est l'un des rares tableaux attribués de façon certaine à Léonard de Vinci.

La Joconde est le portrait d'une jeune femme, sur fond d'un paysage montagneux aux horizons lointains et brumeux. Elle est disposée de trois quarts et représentée jusqu'à la taille, bras et mains compris, regardant le spectateur, ce qui est relativement nouveau à l'époque et rompt avec les portraits jusque-là répandus, qui coupent le buste à hauteur des épaules ou de la poitrine et sont entièrement de profil.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1993			1 850								Gad 1789# C45 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). , Franc 2014# 1623 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. , KM# 1017 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Actual silver weight: 0.642 oz

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