THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING €10 SILVER COIN PROOF YEAR 2021
The Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to the most important masterpieces in French museums or painted in France. The obverse represents Vermeer’s famous work “The Girl with a Pearl Earring”. The “Museum Masterpiece” stamp that defines this series has been added on top of the coin and combined with the work. At the bottom of the painting, the facade of the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris, where the work was first exhibited outside the Netherlands 100 years ago in 1921, is engraved. The opulent frame surrounding the work was created by the engravers of the Monnaie de Paris . The name of the work and the artist also complement the decoration. The year 2021 appears in the top left.