The Paris Mint celebrates the reopening of Notre Dame Notre Dame with the production of 24 one-kilo fine gold coins. which will be sold to collectors for 155,000 euros each. The cathedral reopens its doors after the serious fire of 2019 on December 7.
The commemorative coins have been on sale since this Tuesday and belong to the Excellence à la française – Notre Dame collection, for which smaller versions have also been designed200 coins of 31 grams of gold with a price of 3,450 euros and 5,000 of silver that will be on sale for 105 euros. All the pieces have been designed and minted in the workshops of the Monnaie de Paris, a mere 200 meters from the cathedral, where the medals for the Olympic Games.
Unlike the circular shape that is usual for coins, these numismatic pieces. have the shape of an ogival arch typical of the gothic period. in which the famous cathedral was built. This reopening means for Paris “the great moment of the year”, as celebrated this Tuesday during the presentation by the president of the institution, Marc Schwartz.
The aim of the collection is, on the one hand, to represent a symbol of French history through modernity, with technological advances such as laser engraving; but also “to represent everyone who has participated in the reconstruction.” “The carpenters, the restorers of the paintings and the sculptures, all the artists and all these professions that are ancient and ancestral that have done a titanic work for the reconstruction of Notre Dame.“, he acknowledged.
The detailed engraving of these pieces shows, from the front, Notre Dame’s iconic western façade on which stands the characteristic and colorful rose window in a large size and colored by an iridescent technique that recreates the play of light of the stained glass windows. On the other hand, the rear face shows the interior of the temple after the recent reconstructionwith the protagonism of the central nave leading to the altar and the columns supporting the vault.
To complete the collection, the French Mint has made more affordable circular pieces available for sale.: 1163 coins gold coins at a price of 375 euros, another 500 larger gold coins for 875 euros and 250 silver coins for a total of 725 euros.