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Jeton touristique - Monnaie de Paris - Muséoscope du lac - Barrage de Serre-Ponçon

2022 year
Nordic gold 15.95 g 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Year
2022
Composition
Nordic gold
Weight
15.95 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#339755
Rarity index
94%

Reverse

Stylized representation of France with the logo of the Monnaie de Paris inside.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MADE IN FRANCE • FRAPPÉ EN FRANCE
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
• 2022 •

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The lake of Serre-Ponçon is an artificial lake located in the Hautes-Alpes, in the south of the French Alps, at the limit of the departments of Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It was created in 1959 by the construction of a dam on the Durance, two kilometers downstream from its confluence with the Ubaye. The hydraulic development is completed by the lake of Espinasses located at the foot of the dam of Serre-Ponçon, from which is fed the EDF canal of the Durance.
The establishment of the water plan requires the displacement of more than a thousand people and the destruction of more than 400 buildings. Two villages disappeared under the water, Savines and Ubaye, the latter not being rebuilt. For the first time in France, the public authorities took measures to compensate the expropriated for the damage suffered and not only for the value of the expropriated property.
The communication network was also strongly impacted and this led to the construction of new roads and railroads.
Completed in 1959, the waterworks contribute to the regulation of the floods of the Durance and to the irrigation of Provence and also produce electricity. The lake has also become an important tourist attraction for the region's economy.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2022  5600 - - - - - -

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