Frédéric Chopin Anniversary 1810 - 1849 (Life of Chopin), Coin Set from Andorra - detailed information

Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation". 2009 marked 160 years since his death in 1849, while the next year marked the 200th anniversary of his birth in 1810 and was declared Worldwide Year of Chopin - 2010.

This coin set consists of eight coins, all of them crown-sized silver. Four of them are colourised, one is selectively gold plated, and two have inset crystals.