Gold Pierre-Auguste Renoir The Umbrellas Coin
- Genuine Investment Gold: Fineness 999/1,000
- Made in Switzerland: minted by Valcambi
- Official Face Value: 3,000 CFA Francs
- Genuine Investment GoldValue based on fine gold, tied to the gold price
- Made in SwitzerlandOne of Switzerland's most renowned mints
- Official Face ValueLegal tender of the Republic of Chad
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Gold coin · 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
A museum for the hand.
The Umbrellas, 1/1,000 ounce fine gold, picture side
The left part of The Umbrellas in gold, the young woman with the hatbox beneath the umbrellas. The original belongs to the National Gallery in London.
The original
At home in the National Gallery.
The painting belongs to the National Gallery in London and is shared with the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, in rotation.
- Painter
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Work
- The Umbrellas, c. 1881 to 1886
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 180.3 × 114.9 cm
- Location
- National Gallery, London
A second look
Renoir painted it in two stages, around four years apart. The dress of the young woman on the left only came into fashion around 1885.
A tour
Where the originals are at home.
Paris is the centre, with the Louvre, the Orsay, the Marmottan and the Orangerie. Then come museums from Florence to Kraków and, across the Atlantic, New York and Washington.
London
- The Umbrellas National GalleryThis piece
Paris
- Marten and Oopjen Musée du Louvre
- Mona Lisa Musée du Louvre
- Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet) Musée d’Orsay
- Self-Portrait of 1889 Musée d’Orsay
- Water Lilies Musée de l’Orangerie
- Impression, Sunrise Musée Marmottan Monet
- Tahitian Women Musée d’Orsay
- Liberty Leading the People Musée du Louvre
Vienna
- Young Hare Albertina
- The Art of Painting Kunsthistorisches Museum
- The Kiss Belvedere
Munich
- Self-Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe Alte Pinakothek
- Promenade Lenbachhaus
- Blue Horse I Lenbachhaus
Florence
- The Birth of Venus Uffizi Galleries
- Primavera Uffizi Galleries
Amsterdam
- The Night Watch Rijksmuseum
- Marten and Oopjen Rijksmuseum
The Hague
- Girl with a Pearl Earring Mauritshuis
Düsseldorf
- Four Girls Kunstpalast
Braunschweig
- The Girl with the Wine Glass Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Wiesbaden
- The Butterfly Hunter Museum Wiesbaden
Salzburg
- Sunday Stroll Salzburg Museum
Kraków
- Lady with an Ermine Czartoryski Museum
Venice
- Vitruvian Man (drawing) Gallerie dell’Accademia
New York
- The Starry Night Museum of Modern Art
- Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Siesta Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Neue Galerie
Washington
- Woman with a Parasol, Madame Monet and Her Son National Gallery of Art
- Luncheon of the Boating Party Phillips Collection
Under the loupe
The painting in gold, up close.
The coin bears the painting as a fine relief, whole or as a detail, together with the painter’s signature or monogram.
The value side bears RÉPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD, the national coat of arms, 999/1000 FINE GOLD and 3000 FRANCS CFA.
WomanYoung woman on the left
Enlarged from the photos in our gallery.
The craft
The painting in gold, the colour on the card.
The coin bears the painting as a relief in gold, 15.4 × 11 millimetres, issued by the Republic of Chad at 3,000 CFA francs.
- The blister card
- On the front the painting in colour with the painter’s signature or monogram, the coin in the window, on the back the details of the issue.
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- The Umbrellas
- Painter
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Weight
- 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
- Fine weight
- 0.031 g
- Fineness
- 999/1,000
- Face value
- 3,000 Francs CFA
- Issuing country
- Republic of Chad
- Dimensions
- 15.4 × 11 mm
- Mintage
- 50,000 pieces
- Original
- National Gallery, London
- Packaging
- Blister card
After the tour
Most of the originals are at home in museums, from Florence to Washington. Whoever wants to see them travels to them.
This coin brings one of them home: in gold, with the painter’s name, and in colour on the card.
- Design: Renoir's impressionist masterpiece "The Umbrellas" – a lively Parisian street scene in characteristic shades of blue, finely transferred onto the obverse.
- Material / Fineness: 999/1,000 fine gold (24 carat), purest gold in permanently lustrous minting quality.
- Manufacturer: produced by Valcambi, one of Switzerland's most renowned precious metal mints.
- Issuing country & face value: Republic of Chad, legal face value of 3,000 CFA francs.
- Year of issue & mintage: year of issue 2025, limited worldwide to 50,000 pieces.
- Format: convenient credit-card format, 11 x 15.4 mm, Brilliant Uncirculated in a blister card (coincard).
With the Gold Renoir "The Umbrellas" you acquire genuine investment gold in a tiny format. The value of this delicate minted bar is based primarily on the fine gold it contains and moves in line with the gold price. The world-famous painting is the personal touch – but the pure gold is the substance and the real reason why this purchase is worthwhile.
An impressionist masterpiece in pure fine gold
The obverse shows the painting "The Umbrellas" (French: "Les Parapluies") by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, created between 1881 and 1886. The original is one of the best-known works of French Impressionism and today hangs in the National Gallery in London. It depicts a lively Parisian street scene: in the foreground a young woman in a dark dress, next to her a little girl in blue with a hoop – and above the crowd stretches a sea of blue umbrellas. The inscription "Renoir" adorns the upper edge, with a miniaturized detail of the same artwork found in a golden rectangle at the bottom edge.
The reverse bears the national coat of arms of the Republic of Chad, framed by the inscriptions "REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD" (issuing country), "3000 FRANCS CFA" (face value) and the fineness marking "999/1000 FINE GOLD". In this small format, the precision of the Swiss manufacturer Valcambi is combined with a highlight of art history.
Small unit, real tangible asset
Gold is the oldest currency in the world and a proven store of value for over 6,000 years. It is precisely this small unit that makes getting started with physical precious metals particularly easy: even with a modest investment, you begin building wealth in real assets. Those who buy regularly accumulate a noticeable amount of fine gold over the years – small amounts that quietly add up to a considerable holding. Such gold coins and small bars are considered a solid inflation hedge and a reliable crisis protection, since gold has never had a value of zero throughout its entire history.
- Preservation of value: gold protects against loss of purchasing power and currency risks.
- Building wealth in small steps: many small units add up over time to form a solid foundation.
- Tradable at any time: high liquidity, recognized worldwide as a means of payment and exchange.
- Physically in hand: a real tangible asset, independent of digital systems and central bank policy.
- Tax-attractive: profits from the sale of physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year.
It is not central banks that create trust – gold does. Those who hold part of their wealth in fine gold make themselves somewhat independent of the ups and downs of paper money.
Give investment gold with a personal touch
Whether for a christening, a wedding, a birthday or Christmas: with this minted bar you are not giving a mere gift, but full-fledged investment gold. The Renoir design lends the whole piece an emotional, artistic signature – yet what the recipient actually holds in their hands is minted fine gold, whose value is tied to the gold price. In this way, an occasion becomes a genuine asset that can endure for generations.
In brief
The Gold Renoir "The Umbrellas" is a 1/1,000 oz edition limited to 50,000 pieces, made of 999/1,000 fine gold, minted by Valcambi for the Republic of Chad in the year of issue 2025. It combines a highlight of Impressionism with the enduring substance of gold – small in format, genuine in value, and always tradable.
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