Monnaie de paris

Oops! Millions of French coins must be destroyed due to wrong design

The error will cost up to €1.2 million but the Monnaie de Paris head has blamed ‘the French state’

Egg coins honour No1 world chef

The Monnaie de Paris mint has produced gold and silver coins in the shape of eggs and with a fried egg motif as a tribute to Michelin chef Guy Savoy whose restaurant at the mint was named best in the world.

Mint museum looks at money in all its glory

This month the Paris Mint, Monnaie de Paris, opens its new museum revealing the most valuable and most historic treasures of a collection dating back to 600BC.

French prefecture rejects Briton's long-stay EU residency card request
Mystery over how French driving fines continue to reach UK addresses
Human error may have caused Val Thorens ski lift crash, says prosecutor
French inheritance law: ‘We are being forced to sell our home and leave the country’
Photos: Up to 200 deer emerge from morning fog in France
French supermarket launches ‘shop trucks’ to drive around rural areas
Motorway crash, drivers stranded, power cuts: Storm Caetano wreaks havoc across France

Monnaie de paris

Oops! Millions of French coins must be destroyed due to wrong design

Egg coins honour No1 world chef

Mint museum looks at money in all its glory

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French prefecture rejects Briton's long-stay EU residency card request

Mystery over how French driving fines continue to reach UK addresses

Human error may have caused Val Thorens ski lift crash, says prosecutor

French inheritance law: ‘We are being forced to sell our home and leave the country’

Photos: Up to 200 deer emerge from morning fog in France

French supermarket launches ‘shop trucks’ to drive around rural areas

Motorway crash, drivers stranded, power cuts: Storm Caetano wreaks havoc across France