Monnaie de Paris

Et que le Fort Boyard (Officiel) nous fait vivre des aventures passionnantes et pleines de rebondissements. Merci Père Fouras !

Culturez-vous nous parle de l'exposition Grayson Perry qui s'achève dimanche prochain. Hurry-up ! :D Via Claudine Colin Communication

Mais qui est Grayson Perry ? - Culturez-vous Si au premier abord l’oeuvre de Grayson Perry peut faire ricaner ou surprendre, on s’aperçoit très vite que cet artiste est hors normes, à plus d'un titre !

Official announcement from LA MONNAIE DE PARIS in order to clarify the confusion around the Thai design on coins series.

La Monnaie de Paris is currently manufacturing 25 satang coins with the present design, while the new series is only in the process of initial preparation.
The images showed about a new plaster model on a video are not completely correct.

La Monnaie de Paris apologizes for the confusion this video might have caused.

In the courtyard four busts take centre stage above each door.

On one of them there is an effigy of Louis XV with the inscription “Louis XV raises this monetary hall and decorates it regally”.

“Paris outraged, Paris martyred! But Paris freed! “
On 25 August 1944, the allied forces paraded in a Paris freed from the occupation.

Treat yourself to a piece of the capital.

Rediscover Paris through a series of cards featuring their medals. The capital seen according to its monuments, VELIB and PETIT VELIB. A graphic and colourful universe that you will be pleased to share.

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The Pessac factory is is able to produce 800 coins per minute. Euros and foreign currencies are produced in the machines.

“You will only enter your homes through Arcs de Triomphe” - Napoleon I.

On 15 August 1806, the first stone of the Arc de Triomphe is put in place. Photo - Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

Oscar Roty's Semeuse was present on French coins from 1898 to 1920.

This woman throwing grain at the dawn of a summer's day made her comeback in 1960 on the new francs. This comeback has persisted in wallets since she is still etched on the 10, 20 and 50 euro cents.

Have you unveiled the secret of our ceiling?

At the time of the Exposition Universelle of 1889, the artist Jean-Joseph Weerts painted an oil painting on canvas celebrating the famous exhibition.

In it we can recognise personalities of the era.

Photo Credit - Marc Domage

The night of 4 August 1789, the Constituent Assembly decreed the abolition of privileges’.

Sculpture - Léopold Morice