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PARIS CURRENCY. 100€ HERCULE in silver 900 thousandths....

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PARIS CURRENCY. 100€ HERCULE in silver 900 thousandths. Obverse: Stylized reinterpretation of Hercules - "Liberté Egalité Fraternité" inscription around the edge of the coin. Reverse: Face value (Euro100) surrounded by two branches, one of oak, the other of laurel, recalling the Euro symbol. The design is framed by an assembly of lines representing the hexagon. Accompanied by its original slipcase. Weight : 50 g Hercules has been a classic allegorical figure in French numismatics since Augustin Dupré in 1794 and the 5-franc Union and Force coin to the 5-, 10- and 50-franc Hercules coins of the second half of the 20th century.