Joaquin Jimenez

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Joaquin Jimenez in his studio, 2009

Joaquin Jimenez (born October 23, 1956 in Saumur , Maine-et-Loire ) is a French medalist .

Career

French course coin for 10 francs (1986)
French course coin at 1 Euro (since 1999)
Swiss silver coin worth 20 Swiss Francs , 100 years of FIFA (2004)
2 euro commemorative coin commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II (2015)

Joaquin Jimenez comes from a family of painters, draftsmen and musicians and initially continued this tradition with studies at the École régionale des beaux-arts d'Angers , a school for fine arts in Angers , and attending courses at an advertising school.

Jimenez has worked frequently for the Monnaie de Paris since the 1980s and, in addition to the coins of the Republic of France in French francs and euros, has also designed coins for the Swissmint in Swiss francs and for several other countries. His most famous design is the national side of the French euro coins for 1 and 2 euros, with the stylized tree in front of a hexagon, which symbolizes the outline of the map of France. Jimenez is considered one of the most important contemporary medalists.

Works (selection)

  • French circulation coin République of 10 Francs , with depictions of Marianne on the obverse and the Gallic rooster on the reverse, made of nickel (1986);
  • Reverse of the French commemorative coin worth 5 francs on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Eiffel Tower (1989);
  • Face of the French 1 and 2 euro circulation coins (minted since 1999);
  • French collector's coins for the 2002 World Cup, ¼ euro made of silver;
  • Swiss silver coin worth 20 Swiss francs with the motif " Edelweiss " and gold coin worth 50 Swiss francs with the motif " Wilhelm Tell " on the occasion of the centennial of FIFA (2004);
  • French collector coins from the La Semeuse series , 100 euros in silver and 250 euros in gold (2009);
  • 27 French collector coins, the 10 euro silver coins with the theme " Heraldry " from the Euro of the Regions series (2010);
  • 27 French collector coins, the 10 euro silver coins with the theme "Monuments" from the series Euro of the Regions (2011);
  • French collector coins from the Hercules series , 100 euros made of silver, 1000 euros and 5000 euros made of gold (2011–2013);
  • 27 French collector coins, the 10 euro silver coins with the theme "Important Personalities" from the Euro of the Regions series (2012);
  • Medal for the 50th anniversary of French civil defense, bronze (2015);
  • 2 euro commemorative coin for the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (2015);
  • 2 euro commemorative coin on the 100th anniversary of the death of Auguste Rodin (2017);
  • 2 euro commemorative coin Bleuet de France (2018);
  • French collector coins on the theme of Égalité from the Marianne series : 20 euros and 100 euros from silver, 250 euros, 1000 euros and 5000 euros from gold (2018).

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Press review December 2015 , PDF, 4.5 MB, website of the city of Saumur , accessed on December 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ 100e anniversaire de la FIFA , PDF, 373 kB, Swissmintinfo 1/2004 ( Swissmint collector's magazine ), p. 6., accessed on December 3, 2018.
  3. ^ France , European Central Bank website , accessed December 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Jimenez, Joaquin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French medalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Saumur , Maine-et-Loire