Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Musée du Louvre (La Pyramide) 2002-2006 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Musée du Louvre (La Pyramide) 2002-2006 back
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Musée du Louvre (La Pyramide) 2002-2006 photo
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Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Musée du Louvre La Pyramide

 
Copper-aluminium-nickel 15.75 g 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Years
2002-2006
Composition
Copper-aluminium-nickel
Weight
15.75 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#32020
Rarity index
78%

Reverse

Text in periphery. In the center in a hexagon, the building of the Monnaie de Paris encircled by 12 stars. Vintage at 9H and 3H.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
• COLLECTION NATIONALE •
EDITION LIMITÉE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2002 MONNAIE DE PARIS 2002
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
LIMITED EDITION
• MÉDAILLE OFFICIELLE •

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The Louvre Pyramid is a pyramid made of glass and metal, located in the middle of the Napoleon courtyard of the Louvre Museum in Paris. It houses the main entrance of the museum. It was first inaugurated by President François Mitterrand on March 4, 1988, and a second time on March 29, 1989.
Commissioned by François Mitterrand in 1983, the pyramid was designed by the Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei. The metal structure that supports the glass cladding is made of steel and aluminum and weighs 200 tons; it rises to 21.64 meters on a square base of 35.42 meters side. It is covered with 603 rhombuses and 70 triangles of glass and is the first major construction to use laminated glass.
The pyramid caused great controversy when it was presented in 1984.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2002  40000 - - - - - -
2005  10000 - - - - - -

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