Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2017-2019 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2017-2019 back
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2017-2019 photo
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Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses

 
Nordic gold 15.76 g 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Years
2017-2019
Composition
Nordic gold
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#180874
Rarity index
86%

Reverse

Text France in seven languages on the periphery. Symbol of the currency of Paris at 12 o'clock. Various pictograms of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux converging towards the center.

Lettering:
FRANCE ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ フランス ~ 2017 ~ فرنسا ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
CENTRE
DES
MONUMENTS
NATIONAUX

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The narrow coastal strip of 200 meters wide located between the first foothills of the maritime Corbières and the pond of Leucate constituted an obligatory point of passage for any invading army wishing to pass from Languedoc to Roussillon. Indeed, if foot troops could eventually take the steep paths of the Corbières without too much difficulty and thus bypass this position by the heights, it was not the same for the heavy guns of the artillery and the innumerable carts of food, material and ammunition usually accompanying the armies on the march. The "plaine-goulet" of Salses was therefore an obligatory point of passage for these convoys and artillery teams, and the fortress was erected in the middle of it as a real lock controlling the passage. The geostrategic importance of the "goulet" of Salses has been attested to since ancient times by the passage of the Domitian Way and, in more recent times, by the passage of the RN9, the A9 freeway and the railway line from Narbonne to Port-Bou. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forteresse_de_Salses