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Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Le Canon de Coucy Centenaire 14-18

Location France
Year 2015
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Diameter 34 mm
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Obverse description Central device depicts the Coucy railway gun (Canon de Coucy), a large World War I German long-range artillery piece mounted on a rail carriage, shown in raised relief with several uniformed figures standing alongside the barrel. The circular legend reads 'Centenaire' at left and 'Le canon de Coucy' at bottom, with '14-18' at top within an inner circle. The border features a reeded rim with a raised dot-and-circle decorative inner ring.
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Reverse description The reverse features a raised relief depiction of the Monnaie de Paris building facade within a central raised circle, with the inscription 'MONNAIE DE PARIS' below it in two lines. The date '2015' appears at the bottom of the inner circle, surrounded by a ring of small stars. The outer border legend reads 'FRANCE' in large letters at top, flanked by the name of France rendered in multiple world scripts and languages arranged around the full circumference.
Reverse script Latin/Cyrillic/Arabic/Hebrew/Devanagari/Japanese
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