© Raoul Dusentier
© Raoul Dusentier
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Marseille Les escaliers de la gare Saint Charles
2013 year| Copper-aluminium-nickel | 15.90 g | 34 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Souvenir medallions |
| Year | 2013 |
| Composition | Copper-aluminium-nickel |
| Weight | 15.90 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#198428 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 90% |
Reverse
On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. France at 12 o'clock, 2013 at 6 o'clock, the whole linked by 14 stars on the right and on the left. In the center, the building of the currency of Paris.
Lettering:
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~
FRANCE
MONNAIE DE PARIS
2013
Edge
Reeded
Comment
The Marseille-Saint-Charles station is a French railway station, the main station of the Marseille agglomeration. Built in a cul-de-sac according to the plans of the architect Joseph-Antoine Bouvard, the works were directed by the chief engineer Gustave Desplaces. The station was located on the edge of a plateau near the city center, previously occupied by "campaigns", the local name given to rural properties at the time.A first inauguration of temporary buildings took place on January 8, 1848 for the Avignon to Marseille Railway Company; the "definitive" station was completed several years later. It communicates with the city center via a monumental staircase, built in 1925 and officially inaugurated in 1927.
The Saint-Charles station has long been a point of passage for travelers bound for Corsica and Africa, and in the past also for the Middle East and Asia. They embark, either on a cruise ship or a ferry, at the La Joliette basin. Travelers, arriving mainly from northern Europe, Paris and Great Britain, can make an overnight stop in the many hotels built on the Boulevard d'Athènes. Its traffic increased from 7.1 million annual passengers in 2000 to 16.5 million in 2017.
