Molière - 1/10 ounce Gold

The design

With this coin we want to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of this major figure of French theatre and culture.

Molière, whose real name was Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, marked France with his theatre plays in which he portrayed society and the human condition "from life" through his characters, who were at times greedy, hypocritical, flippant but also benevolent.

Thanks to the accuracy of his writing and his satires, which are still very relevant today, he is now one of the most widely performed authors in the world. Molière has thus left his mark on the history of literature to the extent that our language is sometimes referred to as "Molière's language".

Discover Molière's life

For all orders of the Molière - 1/10 ounce Gold, receive a book that traces his fascinating life. From his birth on 15 January 1622 in Paris, his first failures before finding fame and finally dying after the fourth performance of Le Malade imaginaire, you will know everything about this emblematic character.