France
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2008 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2008 back
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2008 photo
Obverse © Philip Coetzee – Reverse © PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2008 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses 2008 back
Obverse © Philip Coetzee – Reverse © PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Fort de Salses

2008 year
Copper-aluminium-nickel 15.8 g 34 mm
Description
Location
 France
Issuing company
 Euro Vending Medals (EVM)
Type
 Medals › Souvenir medallions
Year
 2008
Composition
 Copper-aluminium-nickel
Weight
 15.8 g
Diameter
 34 mm
Thickness
 2.5 mm
Shape
 Round
Technique
 Milled
Orientation
 Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
 2024-11-12
References
Numista
 N#180889
Rarity index
 94%

Reverse

On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. France on the upper and lower sides of the hexagon with the year on the right and left. In the center, the building of the Monnaie de Paris with 6 stars above and below.

Lettering:
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~
FRANCE FRANCE
★★★★★★
2008 MONNAIE DE PARIS 2008
★★★★★★
EVM
FRANCE FRANCE

Edge

Reeded

Comment

In 1496, following the destruction of the village and the castle of Salses by the French army, the Catholic kings, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, decided to build the fortress. Built very quickly between 1497 and 1504 by the Commander Ramírez, the king's great artilleryman, and the engineer Francisco Ramiro López, the fortress guarded the old border between Catalonia and France, opposite the French fortress of Leucate, now destroyed. This fortress would have cost 500 kg of gold, that is to say 20 % of the budget of Castile. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forteresse_de_Salses

See also

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See Also

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Extremely rare souvenir medallion, round shape, thickness measures 2.5 mm
Copper-aluminium-nickel 15.9 g 34 mm