Champagne Dove Penny

This month’s penny carries two of my wishes for you: a life of uncontainable abundance and deep peace.

Heads: Ad Vitas Effusas
A champagne bottle releasing its pressure, a moment captured at the exact point where containment gives way to expression. The words mean “toward poured out lives.” It points to a life lived fully, a life that does not hold itself back, a life that recognizes its own vitality and allows it to move outward. The burst is not spectacle. It is truth finally given room.

Tails: J’Apporte La Paix
A dove with an olive branch. The image is simple, but its history is long. Across centuries and cultures, the dove has been a sign of restoration, a signal that the world is turning toward clarity again. This side speaks to steadiness. It speaks to the quiet work of peace, the peace that arrives after upheaval, the peace that makes room for what is next.

Together, the two sides create a symbolic arc. One honors the force that pushes life forward. The other honors the calm that makes that force meaningful. Held together, they suggest a way of being: to move toward fullness while cultivating a life anchored in peace.