La Monnaie de Paris

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La Monnaie de Paris is a state owned industrial and commercial company, which holds the monopoly of manufacturing circulating coins for the French Republic. La Monnaie de Paris also fights counter-manufacturing of euro coins, produces guarantee marks for the State and showcases the collections of Musée de la Monnaie to the public.

An industrial tool at the service of the State

La Monnaie de Paris provides industrial and commercial services from two geographic locations: the Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris and the monetary manufacturing plant in Pessac, Gironde. The latest has all the characteristics of a metallurgic industry, but with a special character. Since more than 25 years, the Pessac factory, which employs more than 340 people, manufactures circulating French, euro and foreign coins. For the launch of the euro, the Pessac factory struck over 9 billions of euro coins between 1998 and 2002.

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