Excellence française - Notre Dame 2 oz France Argent Belle-épreuve 25 Euro 2024

The round coins from this collection highlight the rebuilding of the cathedral. The intersecting lines around the front of Notre Dame symbolize the presence of scaffolding, on which the text «Rebâtir Notre-Dame» (Rebuilding Notre-Dame) rests. Each letter of the text is placed on a different level of the scaffolding, like a series of bricks depicting the different crafts involved in the reconstruction. Each of these trades helps to reconstruct the message, like links in a chain. On the reverse is focus on the men and women working on the Notre-Dame construction site. Illustrations by artist Arthur Bonifay highlight the craftsmen and women who helped rebuild the Gothic cathedral to its original state. Carpenters, crane operators, stone masons, scaffolders... Today's craftsmen and master craftsmen pay tribute to the cathedral's original builders. They perpetuate age-old gestures while using more modern techniques. Through their work, they help to pass on their exceptional know-how.