Aven Armand - Lozère - 120 ans de la découverte

Commemorative issue

120 years since the discovery of Aven Armand

Obverse

Set of stalagmites.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
AVEN ARMAND . LOZÈRE
120 ANS DE LA DÉCOUVERTE

Reverse

On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. France at 12 o'clock, 2018 at 6 o'clock, the whole linked by 14 stars on the right and on the left. In the center, the building of the Monnaie de Paris.

Scripts: Devanagari, Katakana, Hebrew

Lettering:
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~
FRANCE
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
2018

Edge

Milled

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

L'aven Armand is a natural French underground cave located beneath the Causse Méjean in Lozère, between Meyrueis and Sainte-Enimie in the commune of Hures-la-Parade. The cave, renowned for its "forest of stalagmites", has been fitted out with an artificial entrance and a funicular railway.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

L'aven Armand est une cavité souterraine naturelle française située sous le causse Méjean en Lozère, entre Meyrueis et Sainte-Enimie sur le territoire de la commune de Hures-la-Parade. Un aménagement comprenant notamment une entrée artificielle et un funiculaire facilite la visite touristique de cette cavité réputée pour sa « forêt de stalagmites ».

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