Description
In 2024, to celebrate the reopening to the public of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral after five years of restoration, Monnaie de Paris is partnering with this masterpiece of Gothic architecture to strike a collection of coins of excellence.
The round coins from this collection highlight the rebuilding of the cathedral. The intersecting lines around the front of Notre Dame symbolize the presence of scaffolding, on which the text «Rebâtir Notre Dame» (Rebuilding Notre Dame) rests.
Each letter of the text is placed on a different level of the scaffolding, like a series of bricks depicting the different crafts involved in the reconstruction. Each of these trades helps to reconstruct the message, like links in a chain.
On the reverse is focus on the men and women working on the Notre Dame construction site. Illustrations by artist Arthur Bonifay highlight the craftsmen and women who helped rebuild the Gothic cathedral to its original state. Carpenters, crane operators, stone masons, scaffolders… Today’s craftsmen and master craftsmen pay tribute to the cathedral’s original builders. They perpetuate age-old gestures while using more modern techniques. Through their work, they help to pass on their exceptional know-how.
This €25 2oz Silver coin features a microchip which, when scanned from a mobile phone, enables the owner to log in and receive a digital certificate of ownership. Unfalsifiable and nominative, this certificate stored on the blockchain can also be transferred to another account if the product is resold.
Moreover, all the interest of this innovation lies in the exclusive additional content dedicated to the Notre-Dame de Paris collection accessible from the “Monnaie de Paris mes E-monnaies” App. Product owners will be able to consult models and drawings created by Monnaie de Paris’ general engraver, as well as exclusive photographs and videos of the development of the coins in the Notre-Dame de Paris collection.
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