Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - La Rochelle Aquarium - Le requin gris

Features

Location	France
Issuing company	Euro Vending Medals (EVM)
Type	Souvenir medallions
Years	2008-2009
Composition	Aluminium-nickel bronze
Weight	15.9 g
Diameter	34 mm
Thickness	2.59 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 96314
References	MDP# 17LR-A1 Jean-Luc Gosse; 2019. L'Officiel des médailles souvenir touristiques événementielles et publicitaires: Monnaie de Paris = The Official Guide to Souvenir Medals for Tourist Events and Advertising (11^th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France. , JTC# FR17-0052 Jean Imhof, François Blanchet; 2015. Cotation des jetons touristiques. Éditions de la Monnaie, La Mothe-Achard, France.

Obverse

Grey shark.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
° ° AQUARIUM ° ° °
LA ROCHELLE

Reverse

Word "France" written in 8 different lettering, at center the logo of the Paris mint

Script: Devanagari

Lettering:
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANCE ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~
FRANCE FRANCE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
2008 MONNAIE DE PARIS 2008
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
EVM
FRANCE FRANCE

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

Comments

On the 2008 lapel on the periphery, the word France is inscribed in French.

Covering an area of 8,445 m2, it exhibits 12,000 animals of 600 species in 82 aquariums. Every year, it welcomes over 800,000 visitors. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium_La_Rochelle

Manage my collection

Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection.

Date	Mintage		Frequency
Undetermined
2008	10 000	EVM-F	64%
2009	10 000	(fr) Revers "FRANKREICH"	50%

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this item. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

Get this item

No member from this site currently wants to exchange it.

Numista Rarity index: 85 Search tips

This index is based on the data of Numista members collections. It ranges from 0 to 100, 0 meaning a very common coin or banknote and 100 meaning a rare coin or banknote among Numista members.