2023 France €25 2-oz Silver Libertas Americana High Relief Antiqued Coin NGC MS70 First Day of Issue

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

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, but for the first time ever as a legal-tender coin!

Impressive High Relief Design Created With The Original Dies

This €25 (Twenty-Five Euros) legal-tender coin was minted in two full ounces of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and deftly shows all the magnificent detail you would expect from such a time-honored institution as the Paris Mint. In order to create this remarkable 2023 Libertas Americana Coin, 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 does it feature extraordinary high relief designs that tower above the surface of the coin, but it comes with a unique antique finish that provides even more depth and dimension and makes the coin 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 France €25 Two-ounce Silver 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; Just 2,000 Coins Struck For Worldwide Release

Now the bad news: just 2,000 of these awe-inspiring 2023 France €25 Two-Ounce Silver Libertas Americana Coins will ever be struck. That number is an extremely low mintage when you consider how many people would like to add one of these magnificent pieces of numismatic history to their collection. Will you be one of those lucky few? You can be if you click one 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 this Libertas Americana Coin are even more spectacular thanks to stunning High Relief detail that adds an almost three-dimensional look to the coin.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Libertas Americana High Relief Coin was struck by the famed Paris Mint (Monnaie de Paris) in one ounce of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measures 41 mm in diameter.
• FIRST-EVER LIBERTAS AMERICANA LEGAL-TENDER COIN – These 2023-dated Two-Ounce Silver Libertas Americana High Relief Coins are €25 (Twenty Euros) legal tender in France—the FIRST-EVER legal tender Libertas Americana coins!
• PERFECT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Your 2023 France €25 Two-Ounce Silver Libertas Americana High Relief Coin has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) in perfect Mint State-70 (MS70) condition.
• UNIQUE ANTIQUE FINISH – This coin features a unique antique finish that gives it 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 certified that this Silver Libertas Americana is a First Day of Issue (FDI) coin, meaning that it was among the first struck by the mint and was verified within the first 30 days of issue. It will come in an acrylic holder and encapsulated with a special dual label that features the French and American flags.
• VERY LOW LIMITED EDITION – The maximum authorized limited edition for the 2023 France €25 Two-Ounce Silver Libertas Americana High Relief Antiqued Coin has been set at just 2,000 for worldwide release.

Commemorate America’s Freedom with the Paris Mint’s limited-edition 2023 €25 Two-Ounce Silver Libertas Americana High Relief Coin—the FIRST-EVER legal tender Libertas Americana! Just 2,000 were struck so hurry and secure yours now!