Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Charente-Maritime (Ile d'Oléron - Fort Boyard) 2011 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Charente-Maritime (Ile d'Oléron - Fort Boyard) 2011 back
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Charente-Maritime (Ile d'Oléron - Fort Boyard) 2011 photo
© Raoul Dusentier

Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Charente-Maritime Ile d'Oléron - Fort Boyard

2011 year
Copper-aluminium-nickel 15.76 g 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Year
2011
Composition
Copper-aluminium-nickel
Weight
15.76 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#161920
Rarity index
87%

Reverse

Building of the Monnaie de Paris in the center, surrounded by a hexagon.

Lettering:
FRANCIA - Франция - FRANKREICH - 法国 - فرنسا - フランス - צרפת - फ्रांस
FRANCE 2011
MONNAIE DE PARIS
EVM

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The construction of this stone vessel with its bulging shape was started in 1804 in order to protect the roadstead of the island of Aix and the arsenal of Rochefort. It was only completed in 1859, under Napoleon III. It was then useless because of the progress of artillery. It was then used as a prison, and was abandoned until it came back into use thanks to the televised exploits of competitors competing in the tests hidden in its cells. It is now a curiosity, and tourist boats are not lacking to go around it in order to store their harvest of photographic memories.