Coin
250 Euros Le Bassin aux nymphéas, harmonie verte (2022) — France
France • 2022 • KM# 3119, Gad Euro# C1656
Overview
Commemorative issue: Le Bassin aux nymphéas, harmonie verte. Part of the Museum Masterpieces series. The Water lily pond: green harmony.
Specifications
- Country
- France
- Year
- 2022 Fifth Republic (1958-date)
- Composition
- Silver (.9999)
- Weight
- 500 g
- Thickness
- 9 mm
- Mint
- Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Technique
- Milled, Coloured
- References
- KM# 3119, Gad Euro# C1656
Design details
Obverse
Architectural details of several museums: the Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre, the Musée Picasso, the Musée Rodin and the Centre Pompidou. Lettering: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 250 EURO.
Reverse
Features the Impressionist painting 'Le Bassin aux nymphéas, harmonie verte' by Claude Monnet, painted in 1899. The image is in color and depicts a bridge over a water lily pond. Lettering: LE BASSIN AUX NYMPHEAS, HARMONIE VERTE CLAUDE MONNET 2022.
Collector insights
- Series context: Part of the Non-circulating coins series — collectors typically assemble full-year date runs, so single years within an established series carry demand beyond raw mintage.
- Struck at: Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France. Confirm the mintmark on your example before comparing prices — same-year issues from different mints often trade at very different levels.
- Low mintage: Only 300 pieces reported. This puts the issue into key-date territory for its series; expect steep grade-based price scaling and a higher counterfeit risk — provenance and third-party grading matter.
- Precious metal content: Silver (.9999) — bullion value provides a price floor, and many circulated examples were melted during the 1979–1980 and post-2010 silver spikes, reducing the surviving population.
- Catalogue reference: Listed as
KM# 3119, Gad Euro# C1656. Use this reference code when cross-checking auction archives, dealer inventories, and standard printed catalogues.
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