Coin Pièce French Mint 10 euro Silver 2018 A Paris

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This duo set was issued in 2018 by the Monnaie de Paris as part of the commemorations of the Centenary of the Great War. It brings together a silver coin of Belle Épreuve quality and a Bleuet pin's, a memorial symbol associated with French veterans.

The coin commemorates the Armistice of 11 November 1918, which marked the end of hostilities on the Western Front. It features a colorization applied to one of its faces, a technique used to highlight certain iconographic details specific to this major historical event. The Belle Épreuve (BE) quality denotes a superior striking level, characterized by perfectly polished fields and satin reliefs, offering a highly precise visual rendering.

The coin has a face value of 10 euros and was struck at the A workshop of the Monnaie de Paris. It is composed of silver at 900? fineness, with a weight of 22.2 grams and a diameter of 37 millimetres. The mintage of this issue is limited to 500 specimens, making it a particularly rare piece within French numismatic production.

The Bleuet de France (French cornflower), a flower that grew naturally on the battlefields and whose blue colour was reminiscent of the uniforms worn by French soldiers in 1914, has over time become an emblem of combatant memory. Its inclusion in the form of a pin's in this set reinforces the commemorative dimension of the whole and creates a tangible link between the numismatic object and the history of military remembrance in France.

The year 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of the Armistice, which gave rise to numerous official issues, of which this set represents one of the most limited and most comprehensive versions.