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2009 France €10 Silver Proof "Gustave Eiffel"
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Retail Price: $54.95
RSM Price: $49.95
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Item Number: FR09AGPF1
- 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
Additional Information Please click here for an external web page in English!
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.
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