FRANCE - "500th anniversary OF Mona Lisa."

Limited Edition ~ Silver Proof Coin !

Issued by the French mint Monnaie de Paris.

Specifications:

Face value: 1 1/2 euro

Fineness: silver 900

Weight: 22.2 g

Diameter: 37 mm

Mintage: 10,000

Quality: proof finish.

The Mona Lisa or La Gioconda [la dʒoˈkonda], French: La Joconde [la ʒɔkɔ̃d]) is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world".

The painting, thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is in oil on a white Lombardy poplar panel, and is believed to have been painted between 1503 and 1506.

Leonardo may have continued working on it as late as 1517. It was acquired by King Francis I of France and is now the property of the French Republic, on permanent display at the Louvre Museum inParis since 1797.

The subject's expression, which is frequently described as enigmatic, the monumentality of the composition, the subtle modeling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the continuing fascination and study of the work.

These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.

Year: 2003.

PLEASE NOTE: Certificate no. will be different from what is shown.

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