Frappe en Or - Les Symboles Monétaires Français - Vème République 2002 dedicated to all of France's

dedicated to all of France's glories

NOT JUST GERMAN ONES

bound by a ribbon of the same

des différences entre une copie et un original

Roty surrounded by a circle of stars around the rim

Frappe en Or - Les Symboles Monétaires Français - Vème République 2002 dedicated to all of France'sThe French Fifth Republic The lictor's fasces depicted here is a symbol deeply rooted in Roman history, which has become emblematic of the French Fifth Republic. Traditionally, a lictor was a public officer in ancient Rome responsible for carrying fasces of rods bound around an axe. This symbol embodied the magistrate's authority and their power to punish or protect. The birth and development of the United Nations strengthened the need to symbolize