2026 22.18g France Silver Art of the Quill – Death on the Nile Coin PP

Born in 1890, Agatha Christie is one of the world's most widely read authors and remains an iconic figure in crime fiction.

Renowned for the subtlety of her plots, the richness of her characters and the extreme care she took with details, Agatha Christie captivated millions of readers with her art of twists and turns, red herrings and cleverly concealed clues.

Agatha Christie is still recognized today as the ‘Queen of Crime’, her works continuing to inspire literature, theatre and cinema. In 2026, 50 years after her passing, Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to Agatha Christie’s incredible legacy.

On the obverse of this coin, a steam-powered river cruise boat – after the one that inspired Agatha Christie's novel and where she began writing it – sails down the Nile. The Nile is recognisable from the surrounding scenery: palm trees and majestic pyramids in the background. In the water, the name of the novel Death on the Nile ripples amid the wake caused by the navigation of the boat. On one of the pyramids, the face of Hercule Poirot is evoked by his iconic moustache and an Egyptian eye that lends an air of mystery to the scene, as if the detective were watching intently to uncover the secrets hidden by the passengers of the boat.

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 starker”. 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.