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Thursday, 16 February 2017

444) 100th Anniversary of Auguste Rodin’s passing away (1917-2017): Commemorative Coins in denominations of 2 Euros (circulating) and 10 Euros & 100 Euros (Silver coin) issued in its ongoing “The 7 Arts” Coin Series by the Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint) in February 2017 :



444) 100th Anniversary of Auguste Rodin’s passing away (1917-2017): Commemorative Coins in denominations of 2 Euros (circulating) and 10 Euros & 100 Euros (Silver coin) issued in its ongoing “The 7 Arts” Coin Series by the Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint) in February 2017 :


The “7 Arts Series” of coins brought out by Monnaie de Paris since 2013:

Every year, commencing from 2013, this popular Series brought out by Monnaie de Paris (the “Paris Mint”) introduces an art genre, an artist, and a particular place relevant within the Arts community.

The subjects chosen for the seven Art genres are Dance (2013), Music (2014), Architecture (2015), Cinema (2016), Sculpture (2017), Literature & Poetry (2018) and Painting (2019).

The series will conclude in 2019.

About François Auguste Rodin (12.11.1840- 17.11.1917):

He is considered to be the progenitor of modern sculpture. Although, he was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work and strived to achieve academic recognition, he was never accepted into Paris’s foremost School of art.

Sculpturally, he possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deep pocketed surface in clay.

Many of his notable sculptures were criticised during his lifetime as they clashed with predominant figurative sculpture traditions, in which works were decorative, formulaic or highly thematic.

Rodin’s most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modelled the human body with realism and celebrated individual character and physicality. Although sensitive to the criticism faced by his works, he continued to work in his own style. Successive works brought him increasing favour with the government and the Artistic community.

His reputation grew and he became the pre-eminent French sculptor of his time and a world-renowned artist.

Honouring Auguste Rodin in the Sculpture Genre (2017) under the “7 Arts Series”:

The Monnaie de Paris has brought out commemorative coins on the 100th Anniversary of the passing away of Auguste Rodin, which celebrate the works of the famous sculptor, whose creative powers both fascinated and scandalised the world, while leaving a legacy and a source of infinite inspiration for artist’s present day. These coins have been issued under its on-going series which is titled “The 7 Arts”. Born in 1840, Rodin is one of the major icons of the realistic style.

Monnaie de Paris has honoured the memory of this visionary genius by bringing out a set of three French Republic coins which include a 2 Euro circulating coin and two Silver coins (in the denominations of 10 Euros and 100 Euros.


Each Eurozone nation is allowed to issue up to two different circulating commemorative coins each year with designs of their choosing, though few nations have issued the maximum number of designs.
 Obverse of the 2 Euros Circulating Coin, showing auguste rodin facing "The Thinker" with Rodin's picture in the background

The Obverse of Circulating Bimetallic 2 Euros Coin shows Rodin’s silhouette facing one of his most famous works – “The Thinker” – which is actually Dante meditating on his masterpiece “The Divine Comedy”. 

“The Thinker” representation has been depicted to the left of the artist utilizing a “zoom effect” which shows the famous pose with the hand under the chin of this man in meditation”. 

The style of the design is inspired by the sculpture and the shaping of the material, clay or marble and the shaping of the material, which was metal in this case.

The commemorative years “1917-2017” (1917) being the year of Rodin’s passing away) are placed on the right periphery just above Rodin’s signature.

In addition, at the lower right periphery is a facsimile of Rodin’s signature “A. Rodin” (in English).


                      The Obverse & Reverse of the 2 Euros coin
The Reverse of the Circulating Bimetallic 2 Euros Coin is identical to the regular 2 Euros Eurozone circulating coins with a large “2” representing the denominational value of the circulation coin and a map of the Eurozone along with the word “EURO” superimposed over the map.

The 12 stars of the European flag appear in the outer ring of both sides of the ringed bimetallic 2 Euro coins.

The coin’s design has been made by Joaquin Jimenez.

The Bimetallic coins have been minted in three qualitiesUncirculated, Brilliant Uncirculated and Proof – the specifications of the coins are as follows:

Denomination: 2 Euros; Metallic Composition: Bi-metallic; Weight: 8.5 grams; Diameter/Size: 25.75 mm; Mintages: Uncirculated (10,000,000), Brilliant Uncirculated (10,000), Proof (10,000).
 Rodin’s “The Thinker” is among the most recognised works in Sculptures.
 The common Obverse of the two Silver coins - 10 & 100 Euros

The Obverse of the two silver coins of 10 & 100 Euros shows Rodin’s silhouette facing one of his most famous works – “The Thinker” – which is actually Dante meditating on his masterpiece “The Divine Comedy”. 

 “The Thinker” representation has been depicted to the left of the artist utilizing a “zoom effect” which shows the famous pose with the hand under the chin of this man in meditation”. 

The style of the design is inspired by the sculpture and the shaping of the material, clay or marble and the shaping of the material, which was metal in this case.

The commemorative years “1917-2017” (1917) being the year of Rodin’s passing away) are placed on the upper right periphery.

In addition, Auguste Rodin’s signature in English “A. Rodin” appears on the right periphery of the coin.



The common Obverse on the two coins together with the Reverse of the 10 Euros coin


 The 10 Euros Silver Coin Reverse,  with rodin's picture in the background
 The 100 Euros Silver Coin Reverse,  with rodin's picture in the background

The Reverse of the two silver coins of 10 & 100 Euros indicates the denominational value on the silver coins (10 Euros & 100 Euros) is decorated with an oak and a laurel branch, evoking the Euro sign/symbol.

The entire Reverse design shows the engravings are framed with a set of lines in a hexagonal shape, representing the stylised geo-political shape of France.

The coin’s design has been made by Joaquin Jimenez.

The Specifications of the two coins are:

Denomination: 10 Euros; Metallic Composition: .333 Silver; Weight: 17.0 grams; Diameter/Size: 31.0 mm; Coin Quality: Brilliant Uncirculated (BU); Mintages: 150,000 pieces.

Denomination: 10 Euros; Metallic Composition: .900 Silver; Weight: 50.0 grams; Diameter/Size: 47.0 mm; Coin Quality: Brilliant Uncirculated (BU); Mintages: 10,000 pieces.








Links:

 1) Honouring Louis Braille on the Bicentenary of his birth in 2009

2) Honouring Charles Eduord Jeanneret popularly known as Le Corbusieur, the French architect who built the modern city of Chandigarh & several other projects: A 10 Franc Banknote issued by the Swiss National Bank 

3) Fort St. George Museum, Chennai (Part iii): i) Indo-Danish coins ii) Indo-Dutch coins iii) Indo-French coins iv) Indo-Portuguese coins 

4) a) Central Bank of West African States issues: the "Franc African Financial Community" (FCFA) b) Bank of Central African States issues : the "Franc Financial Cooperation in Central Africa (FFCCA)

5) French Indo-China issues: A silver one Paistre coin issued in 1895 

6) Financial Institution for issuing uniform currency/coinage for French Overseas Territories in the Pacific & French Southern Territories of Antarctica: The Institut d'emission d'outre-Mer (IEOM) for French Polynesia (Tahiti), New caledonia, Wallis-et-Futuna and the erstwhile New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu)  

 7) Coinage of the French Polynesian Island of New Caledonia (or Nouvelle-Caledonie in French) - the CFP Franc

8) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's exile to St. Helena (Part I): A one Crown Commemorative Coin issued by the Ascension Island 

9) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's exile to St. Helena (Part II) : coins commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo: 1) A 5 GBP coin issued by the Royal Mint UK: 2) A "Drie Landen Zilverset" issued by the Royal Dutch Mint - which includes coins of Netherlands, Belgium and UK 

 10) Jeanne d'Arc or Joan of Arc or "The Maid of Orleans" or "La Pucelle": 200 & 50 Euro gold coins and 10 Euro Silver coins issued by Monnaie de Paris in July 2016

11) i)"Europa Coin Programme" or the Eurostar Programme ii) Monnaie de Paris has issued a series of six coins with the theme "The Age of Iron & Glass" in January 2017

12) 100th Anniversary of Auguste Rodin's passing away commemorated with gold and silver Euro coins issued by the Monnaie de Paris under its on-going "The 7 Arts" Coin Series

 13) Statue of Liberty, Paris, France: "Treasures of Paris": Coin series issued by Monnaie de Paris on 20.01.2017

14) Marianne (or Liberty): "The Trilogy": A set of Euro denominated coins in Gold and silver brought out by Monnaie de Paris in January 2017 


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