2023 France Silver & Gold Libertas Americana High Relief Antiqued Coins 2-pc Set NGC MS70 First Day of Issue

Commemorate America’s Freedom With The FIRST-EVER Legal-Tender Libertas Americana Coins!

Leading up to America’s 250th Birthday (2026), The Paris Mint is celebrating more than 250 years of French support for America’s Founding Fathers by issuing a series of legal-tender coins based on historic medals struck by the Paris Mint in Revolutionary times. This 2023 issue, the fourth release, commemorates the Libertas Americana (Freedom of America) Medal, the most famous medal in American History. Designed by Benjamin Franklin and struck in 1783 by the Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), it celebrates our victory in the American Revolution. And now, France and The Paris Mint is striking the legendary medal once again, this time not only in pure silver and gold, but for the first time ever as legal-tender coins!

Impressive High Relief Design Created With The Original Dies

This two-piece set consists of coins struck in two ounces of 99.9% silver and one ounce of 99.9% gold and have French legal-tender values of €25 (Twenty-Five Euros) and €200 (Two Hundred Euros) respectively. Each deftly shows all the magnificent detail you would expect from such a time-honored institution as the Paris Mint. In order to create these remarkable 2023 Libertas Americana Coins, the artisans at the Paris Mint descended into the cavernous vaults below the mint and retrieved the original 1783 dies to create a new die identical to the historical medal. Not only do these coins feature extraordinary high relief designs that tower above their surfaces, but each comes with a unique antique finish that provides even more depth and dimension and makes them resemble the original medal in both look and feel. Antiqued finishes like this are typically applied by hand meaning that no two coins are exactly alike!

Commissioned By Benjamin Franklin To Celebrate American Victories In The Revolutionary War

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin commissioned the Libertas Americana (or “Freedom for America”) Medal to mark the new nation’s victories against the British in the battles of at Saratoga and Yorktown. At the time, Franklin was serving as the United States Minister to France at the court of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, key allies without whose military and naval support against the British, victory may not have been possible. The battles were fought almost exactly four years apart, Saratoga occurring on October 17, 1777 and Yorktown on October 19, 1781. Both dates appear on the coin’s reverse while America’s Independence day of July 4, 1776 appears on the obverse.

Outlined by French artist Esprit-Antoine Gibelin and sculpted by Augustin Dupre, the coin depicts Lady Liberty with her hair flowing in the wind alongside a freedom cap on a pole. The reverse depicts an infant strangling two serpents, a call back to the myth of Hercules that also represents the twin battles of Saratoga and Yorktown. Alongside the child, the goddess Minerva keeps a lion at bay, symbolizing France’s assistance in fighting the British.

Flawless Coins From Among The First Released

Each 2023 Libertas Americana Coin available here has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Comp-any (NGC) as being in flawless Mint State-70 (MS70) condition, a distinction that means these perfectly-graded coins have ZERO imperfections—showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended. In addition, NGC has pedigreed these coins with a First Day of Issue (FDI) certification, a designation that means they were received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository by the release date or on the business day within 24 hours of the official release date. Each coin will also come sonically sealed in a museum-quality in an acrylic holder and encapsulated with a special dual label that features the French and American flags.

Act Fast; Only Limited Mintages Were Struck For Worldwide Release

Now the bad news: These coins were struck with extremely limited mintages—just 2,000 for the €25 Two-Ounce Silver Coin and only 500 for the €200 One-Ounce Gold Coin. Those are extremely low mintages when you consider how many people would like to add these magnificent pieces of numismatic history to their collection. Will you be one of those lucky few? You can be if you click one of these 2023 France Silver & Gold Libertas Americana High Relief Antiqued Coins Two-Piece Sets to your cart right now!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• A GLEAMING TRIBUTE TO AMERICA’S FREEDOM – The original Libertas Americana Medal was commissioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1783 to commemorate the nation’s victory against the British at the Battles of Saratoga and Yorktown and includes the dates of the battles of October 17, 1777 and October 19, 1781.
• STUNNING HIGH RELIEF DETAILS – The designs on these Libertas Americana Coins are even more spectacular thanks to stunning High Relief detail that adds an almost three-dimensional look to each coin.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER & GOLD – This two-piece set consists of a two-ounce coin struck of 99.9% silver that measures 41 mm in diameter and a one-ounce coin struck in 99.9% gold that measures 34 mm in diameter.
• FIRST-EVER LIBERTAS AMERICANA LEGAL-TENDER COINS – These 2023-dated Silver & Gold Libertas Americana High Relief Coins are legal tender with denominations of €25 (Twenty-Five Euros) and €200 (Two Hundred Euros) respectively—the FIRST-EVER legal tender Libertas Americana coins!
• PERFECT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Each coin in your 2023 France Silver & Gold Libertas Americana High Relief Antiqued Two-Piece Set has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) in perfect Mint State-70 (MS70) condition.
• UNIQUE ANTIQUE FINISH – These coins feature a unique antique finish that gives them an “Old World” look and feel. Finishes like this are typically applied by hand, which means that no two coins are exactly alike.
• KEY FIRST DAY OF ISSUE CERTIFICATION – NGC has pedigreed these coins with a First Day of Issue (FDI) certification, meaning that they were among the first struck by the mint and were verified within the first 30 days of issue. They will come in acrylic holders and encapsulated with special dual labels that feature the French and American flags.
• VERY LOW LIMITED EDITION – The maximum authorized limited edition for the coins in your 2023 France Silver & Gold Libertas Americana High Relief Antiqued Two-Piece Set are extremely low: just 2,000 for the two-ounce silver coin and only 500 for the one-ounce gold coin.

Commemorate America’s Freedom with the Paris Mint’s limited-edition 2023 France Silver & Gold Libertas Americana High Relief Antiqued Two-Piece Set —the FIRST-EVER legal tender Libertas Americana coins! Only limited mintages were struck so hurry and secure yours now!