France 2024 Silver Proof coin Luís Vaz de Camões 1oz 999

France 2024 Silver Proof coin Luís Vaz de Camões 1oz 999

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Diameter 37 mm

Metal SILVER 999‰

Weight 31.1 g

Quality Proof   

Mintage 3,000

Year 2024

Face value 20€

Monnaie de Paris will honor the famous adventure author Alexandre Dumas in 2024, for the 180th anniversary of the publication of The Three Musketeers.

The obverse of these collector coins depicts Alexandre Dumas facing his iconic characters: the Four Musketeers. They seem to have turned against him, pointing their swords at the author's nose. The famous phrase from the novel is inscribed on Dumas's shoulder: "One for all and all for one". His name and dates of birth and death are inscribed at the top and bottom of the coin, and the yeardate is in his collar.

The reverse side is common to the entire "Art of the Quill" series. Several iconic quotations can be read, such as Voltaire’s “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien », Dante Alighieri’s «  Lasciate ogne speranza voi ch'intrate », William Shakespeare’s «  To be or not to be : that is the question » or Nietzsche’s «  Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker ». A feather is engraved in the center of the coin and underneath is the title of the series. The acronym « RF » appears in the lower part of the coin, along with the hallmark of Joaquin Jimenez and the engraving workshop.