Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Saint Malo 2008-2011 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Saint Malo 2008-2011 back
Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Saint Malo 2008-2011 photo
© Al Louarn

Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Saint Malo

 
Copper-aluminium-nickel 15.80 g 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Years
2008-2011
Composition
Copper-aluminium-nickel
Weight
15.80 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.56 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#66289
Rarity index
81%

Reverse

Building of the Monnaie de Paris in the center. A star above and a star below this building. Listel bordered of 23 stars interrupted by the year.

Script: Latin

Lettering:

MONNAIE DE PARIS

2011

Edge

Reeded

Comment

It is with the discovery of the Americas and the development of trade with India (first slave ship armed in Saint-Malo in 1669) that Saint-Malo takes off economically and becomes considerably bolder. Shipowners became more numerous and the city became famous for its characters of this period, a fame that peaked with the South Sea trade that allowed to bring back to Europe the silver from the Peruvian mines. Jacques Cartier discovered and explored Canada, privateers harassed enemy merchant and military navies, such as Duguay-Trouin, then a little later Surcouf. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Malo