La qualité "Belle Épreuve" est la plus haute qualité numismatique devant les qualités "Brillant Universel" (BU) et "courante". Une pièce belle épreuve est une pièce obtenue au moyen de coins et de flans spécialement préparés et de conditions de frappe particulières, de sorte que les motifs de gravure ressortent avec une grande netteté et que la surface est sans défaut. Les fonds de la gravure sont extrêmement brillants, les reliefs sont matés.
Mintage
5000
Millésime
2025
Valeur faciale
10€
From 2010,
the French Excellence series has been combining the exceptional know-how of
Comité Colbert brands or a French cultural institution with that of Monnaie de
Paris to create a unique collection that combines their respective
talents. ...
From 2010,
the French Excellence series has been combining the exceptional know-how of
Comité Colbert brands or a French cultural institution with that of Monnaie de
Paris to create a unique collection that combines their respective
talents.
In 2025,
the Lancôme House is celebrated for its 90th anniversary.
Monnaie de Paris and Lancôme are both members of Comité Colbert. They share a reputation for excellence, built over time through the quality of their creations. Each House has a deep-rooted vocation to perpetuate its know-how, while looking to the future and always seeking to innovate.
This coin takes the exact shape of the Rouge Absolu by Lancôme, sublimated by the motifs Monnaie de Paris has drawn to represent the brand.
On the obverse, the cap is embossed with a diamond pattern, which is the heraldic symbol of the black colour that Lancôme uses on this element. Next to it, the stick of the lipstick is embossed with the rose motif, taken from the Lancôme emblem.
On the reverse, the rose designed by Joaquin Jimenez unfurls its petals, alternately shiny and covered with the guilloché pattern.
Dimensions of the coin : 55.50 x 23.46 mm
The Collection
Founded in 864, Monnaie of Paris is the oldest company in the world. It has cultivated tradition in the metal artworks for twelve centuries. As such, it is an associate member of Colbert Committee, gathering the greatest French luxury companies.
In 2014, Monnaie of Paris is celebrating its 1150th anniversary. For this occasion, Monnaie of Paris is launching a new collection named "French Excellence". The aim is to highlight every year one of the art crafts that constitute the unique heritage of French luxury, by working with one major house belonging to Colbert Committee.
It is obviously the meeting of two great French houses, the Louvre and Monnaie de Paris, that nourishes this edition, but also the meeting of know-how several centuries apart. It is actually a great emotion to engrave again these historical motifs as the craftsmen of the time were able to do in their time. I feel like I am in the shoes of the Pharaoh's personal engraver more than three millennia later.
Engraver word
Our craftman
THE ENGRAVER
Trained at the best schools, they have the years of experience behind them necessary to master all aspects of the craft. Using industrial oil-based modelling clay and working from a design executed freehand or with CAD software, they skilfully fashion a low relief model in order to enhance the engraving and the way it catches the light. They work alternately with concave and convex plaster moulds until satisfied they have achieved the best 3D rendering of the design.
THE MINTER
The first minters began to ply their trade in France when striking with a hammer appeared in the 4th century BC. Nowdays, minsters use press instead of a hammer. Their knowledge of dies, engraving and metals, and their expertise - passed seamlessly down from one generation to the next for centuries - guarantees the excellence of their work.
