Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Abbesses - Montmartre (Eglise Saint-Jean) 2019 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Abbesses - Montmartre (Eglise Saint-Jean) 2019 back
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Abbesses - Montmartre (Eglise Saint-Jean) 2019 photo
© Raoul Dusentier

Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Abbesses - Montmartre Eglise Saint-Jean

2019 year
Nordic gold - 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Year
2019
Composition
Nordic gold
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#165785
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

Building of the Monnaie de Paris inscribed in a circle.

Lettering:
FRANCIA - Франция - FRANKREICH - 法国 - فرنسا - フランス - צרפת - फ्रांस
FRANCE
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
2019

Edge

Milled

Comment

It is a church on the Butte Montmartre located on the rue des Abbesses, at the foot of the Butte Montmartre, where reinforced concrete appeared for the first time in sacred art. This first church in reinforced concrete (1894-1904) covered with bricks and ceramics (sandstone and pastillés) is influenced by the Art Nouveau style. This church in its time admits its filiation with its contemporaries, the first metro stations and the Grand Palais...