French Excellence - Louvre

In order to celebrate both the 200th anniversary of the deciphering of hieroglyphs and the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, Monnaie de Paris has partenered with the Louvre museum to offer an exceptional collection on the theme of the Treasures of Egypt.

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.

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Joaquin Jimenez, the General Engraver of Monnaie de Paris, was inspired by this year’s dual anniversary for Egyptology, namely the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb and the 200th anniversary of the deciphering of hieroglyphs. He also drew his inspiration from all the masterpieces of the Louvre’s department of Egyptian antiquities.