Gold Pierre-Auguste Renoir Young Girls at the Piano Coin
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Gold coin · 1/1,000 ounce fine gold
A museum for the hand.
Young Girls at the Piano, 1/1,000 ounce fine gold, picture side
Two girls at the piano, one playing, the other leaning over the music, as a relief in gold. Renoir painted the subject in several versions.
The original
A subject in several versions.
Renoir painted the subject around 1892 in several versions. The French state bought one of them in 1892 directly from the painter.
- Painter
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Work
- Young Girls at the Piano
A second look
Our coin shows the two girls: one plays, the other leans over the music.
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.
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
London
- The Umbrellas National Gallery
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.
GirlsThe two girls
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
- Young Girls at the Piano
- 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
- 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.
Renoir "Young Girls at the Piano" – Impressionist art in pure fine gold
A masterpiece of French Impressionism, captured on a tiny, rectangular gold plate: The gold minting "Young Girls at the Piano" combines one of the most famous paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir with genuine, physical investment gold. Issued by the Republic of Chad and produced by the renowned Swiss manufacturer Valcambi, this piece is a particularly elegant way to invest in gold in small steps. The real reason to buy lies not in the design, but in the substance: minted fine gold, whose value is based on the gold price.
- Design: Renoir's "Jeunes filles au piano" from 1892 – two girls at the piano, finely rendered in warm, golden-beige tones and soft, Impressionist brushstrokes.
- Material & fineness: 1/1,000 oz fine gold, fineness 999/1,000 – the purest, highest-quality gold with intrinsic value.
- Manufacturer: Precisely minted by Valcambi, one of the world's most respected precious metals mints from Switzerland.
- Issuing country & face value: Republic of Chad, 3,000 CFA francs, official legal tender.
- Format & mintage: Rectangular minting of 11 x 15.4 mm, set in a blister card, limited to 50,000 pieces, year of issue 2025, Brilliant Uncirculated new stock.
A world-class painting – captured in gold
The reverse shows Renoir's world-famous work "Young Girls at the Piano". The older girl with brown hair in a rust-red dress leans over the younger, blonde girl in a white dress with a blue bow – both absorbed in the sheet music on the piano. In the background, green curtain drapery, a vase of flowers on the instrument: a calm, domestic scene full of warmth, typical of Auguste Renoir. The painting was created in 1892 as a commissioned work for the French government for the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. Renoir worked so meticulously on the composition that he created several versions; today they hang in the Musée d'Orsay, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Musée de l'Orangerie, among others.
The obverse bears the coat of arms of Chad – flanked by a goat and a lion – with the inscriptions "REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD" (issuing country), "3000 FRANCS CFA" (face value), and "999/1000 FINE GOLD" (fineness). The minting is part of the Art & Culture series, which honors significant works of painting in fine gold.
Why physical gold is a wise decision
Gold is the world's oldest currency and a proven store of value for over 6,000 years. It has never had a value of zero because it possesses intrinsic value, and it protects your purchasing power when confidence in paper money fades. It is not without reason that central banks around the globe hold enormous gold reserves. As an inflation hedge and as crisis protection, physical precious metal belongs in every well-considered, broadly diversified portfolio.
- Value preservation: The value is based on the fine gold content and moves with the gold price.
- Building wealth in small steps: Small amounts of gold add up over the years to a considerable fortune.
- High liquidity: Gold is tradable worldwide and can be resold at any time.
- Tax advantage: Profits from the sale of physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year.
A genuine gold investment with a personal touch
Despite the artistic design, what you are acquiring here is full-fledged investment gold – not a mere art object, but minted fine gold with a clear investment character. This is precisely what makes the minting a special way to give real gold as a gift: for a christening, birthday, or wedding, you're not handing over a fleeting trinket, but an asset that endures. As an entry point into physical gold investment, this minting stands alongside many other gold coins and mini bars that make wealth building possible even with a manageable outlay. Gold has been shining for millennia – and will not lose its shine in the future either.
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