Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Département Seine-et-Marne (Château de Blandy-les-Tours)
Obverse
View of the Blandy-les-Tours castle
Lettering: CHÂTEAU DE BLANDY-LES-TOURS DEPARTEMENT SEINE-ET-MARNE
Reverse
On the periphery the word France written in eight languages. France at 12 o'clock, 2018 at 6 o'clock, all linked by 14 stars on the right and left. In the center, the building of the Monnaie de Paris.
Lettering: צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~ FRANCE MONNAIE DE PARIS 2018
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
CHÂTEAU DE BLANDY-LES-TOURS DEPARTEMENT SEINE-ET-MARNE
Reverse Lettering
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~ FRANCE MONNAIE DE PARIS 2018
Comments
During the Hundred Years' War in the 14th century, the Counts of Tancarville, Jean II and Guillaume IV, were granted successive mandates by Kings Charles V and Charles VI to build the château-fort. The royal subsidies granted by these mandates from 1370 onwards were very substantial. The castle was extensively modified with new fortifications and defensive structures: the moat was enlarged, a new gate tower with a drawbridge and arrowhead was built into the surrounding wall, three large round towers were erected (the Tour des Gardes, the new keep and the Tour des Archives), and a sentry walk was built at the top of the curtain walls. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Blandy-les-Tours
