Site mégalithique de Carnac
© Raoul Dusentier
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Souvenir medallions |
| Years | 2014-2016 |
| Composition | Nordic gold |
| Weight | 15.98 g |
| Diameter | 34 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 64458 |
| References | MDP# 56CAR3/14 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 (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France. Jean Imhof, François Blanchet; 2015. Cotation des jetons touristiques. Éditions de la Monnaie, La Mothe-Achard, France. |
Series: Centre des monuments nationaux
Obverse
Representation of the alignments of large stones raised around 4500 years BC constitute the largest megalithic site in the world.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SITE MÉGALITHIQUE DE CARNAC
Reverse
On the periphery, the word France written in seven languages. Monnaie de Paris symbol at 12 o'clock, 2014 at 6 o'clock. Text in the center with various pictograms of the Center.
Lettering:
FRANCE~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ フランス ~ 2014 ~ فرنسا ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
CENTRE DES
MONUMENTS NATIONAUX
Edge
Reeded
© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Mint
 |
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Comments
The Alignments de Carnac are an exceptional site of megalithic alignments located in the communes of Carnac and La Trinité-sur-Mer in the Morbihan department of Brittany (the Carnac region boasts the highest concentration of megaliths in the world), comprising alignments of menhirs, dolmens and covered walkways spread over more than four kilometers. The Carnac alignments are the most famous and impressive megalithic complexes of this period, with almost 4,000 standing stones dating from around 4,500 BC.
Since 1991, visitor numbers on the sites have been regulated, in order to preserve the monuments, the soil and the moorland. However, the alignments are open to the public in high season through guided tours offered by the Maison des Mégalithes, and are freely accessible in winter. The site is managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, a public institution under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture.
The menhirs are protected as historic monuments by several successive lists and decrees, the first in 1889. In 1996, the megalithic sites of Carnac were included on UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Sites in the cultural category.
Since 1991, visitor numbers on the sites have been regulated, in order to preserve the monuments, the soil and the moorland. However, the alignments are open to the public in high season through guided tours offered by the Maison des Mégalithes, and are freely accessible in winter. The site is managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux, a public institution under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture.
The menhirs are protected as historic monuments by several successive lists and decrees, the first in 1889. In 1996, the megalithic sites of Carnac were included on UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Sites in the cultural category.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | MDP# 56CAR3/14Jean-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 (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France. |
(fr) Revers "PARIS" en gras | 64% | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | MDP# 56CAR3/15Jean-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 (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France. |
24% | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | MDP# 56CAR3/16Jean-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 (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France. |
27% | |||||||||||||
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