France 10 Euros, 2006

10 Euros from France. Issued in 2006. Struck in Gold (.920). Measures 22 mm and weighs 8.45 g.

Obverse

Map of France including various historical monuments with different types of architecture. The inscriptions are on both sides of the map. In clockwise order, at the top the motto "LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ", then "10 EURO", at the bottom "LES MONUMENTS DE FRANCE", the marks of the workshop, the year "2006" and finally "RF" of French Republic.

Reverse

View of the dome of the Invalides. On either side of the monument, Louis XIV and the architect, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, carrying the keys of the church of Saint-Louis des Invalides. Inscriptions: in the caption, the inscriptions "SAINT-LOUIS DES INVALIDES", "August 28, 1706", date of the handing over of the keys of the monument to Louis XIV, and in the exergue "LOUIS XIV".