2009 France €10 Silver Proof "Gustave Eiffel"

• Mint: Monnaie de Paris
• Denomination: €10
• Quality: Proof
• Issue limit: 10,000 pcs.
• Alloy: 90% Silver
• Diameter: 37 mm
• Weight: 22.2 grams
• Box/Capsule: Yes/Yes
• Certificate: Yes

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This coin is part of the series of Great French Industrialists, and features a technical innovation: a hollowed-out design in the shape of the Eiffel Tower itself!

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. He is famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Basilica Minore de San Sebastian, the only all-steel basilica in Asia, found in the Philippines, and the armature for the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, U.S. Eiffel was born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France. After retirement he researched and developed new ideas through practical use of the Eiffel Tower. The tower enabled him to make advancements in aerodynamics, meteorology, and radio-broadcasting.