2026 11.99g France Silver Grand Est PP

As a French institution, it is in the DNA of the Monnaie de Paris to promote the country's heritage, history, and everything related to its deep-rooted identity. In the past, the Monnaie de Paris had celebrated the French regions in several of its collections, but not since their evolution in 2016.

Ten years after the introduction of the 18 new regions comprising metropolitan France and its overseas territories, Monnaie de Paris is launching a collection celebrating the richness of these territories. As local authorities with broad and diverse powers, the regions are not just administrative divisions. They have their own distinct identities, marked by traditions born of their geographical and historical specificities. The regions reflect the richness of France's natural and cultural heritage. In 2026, the Île-de-France, Occitanie, and Grand Est regions will be honored.

Grand Est : 

The obverse of this coin is adorned with identity-defining elements of the Grand Est region. They are a glimpse of the Right in the middle of the design, the name of the region is vertically written along the spire of the Strasbourg cathedral. The building is erected on the right of the design as a symbol of the architecture of Grand Est, and more specifically of the capital of the region. A stork, which is also an emblem of Alsace, sits atop of the cathedral. On the left, the imposing silhouette of a vine leaf forms a frame around the portrait of Clovis. He was the first king of the Francs and is an iconic historical figure of the region because of a famous episode of his life : his baptism in Reims. Finally, a bunch of grapes, linked to the vine leaf, reminds of a shared activity between the territories of the region : vine-growing which is especially developed in Champagne and Alsace.