© MesBedes (CC BY-NC-SA)
© MesBedes (CC BY-NC-SA)
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Pays de Laon Chapelle des Templiers
2016 year| Nordic gold | 16 g | 34 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Type | Medals › Souvenir medallions |
| Year | 2016 |
| Composition | Nordic gold |
| Weight | 16 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#119893 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 83% |
Reverse
Building of the Monnaie de Paris inscribed in a circle.
Lettering:
FRANCIA - Франция - FRANKREICH - 法国 - فرنسا - フランス - צרפת - फ्रांस
FRANCE
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
2016
Edge
Milled
Comment
This token represents the chapel of the Templars in Laon.In 1134, the Templars established a Commandery of the Order of the Temple in Laon.
The octagonal chapel of the Commandery was built around 1140 and the choir of the central building is a replica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
The religious building was used as a funeral chapel. It contains the tombstone of Guillaume de Harcigny, doctor to the King of France Charles VI. Property of the commune, the chapel is classified as a Historic Monument by list in 1846.
