1992 France French 20 Francs coin pendant Mont Saint Michel tidal island Couesnon river Normandy Manche Avranches Pontorson Eure Saint-Vaast Hougue Chausey Gratot Cherbourg Cotentin Saint-Lô n003132

France 20 Francs {1992-2001} 1S
entrance: The Mont Saint-Michel, a rocky tidal island in Normandy, displays in its bay Le Mont-Saint-Michel (pronounced, English: Saint Michael’s Mount) is an island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island is positioned about one kilometer (0.6 miles) off the nation’s northwestern coast, on the mouth of the Couesnon River close to Avranches and is 7 hectares (17 acres) in space. The mainland a part of the commune is 393 hectares in space in order that the entire floor of the commune is 400 hectares
The island has held strategic fortifications since historic occasions and because the eighth century AD has been the seat of the monastery from which it attracts its identify. The structural composition of the city exemplifies the feudal society that constructed it: on high, God, the abbey and monastery;
under, the good halls; then shops and housing; and on the backside, exterior the partitions, homes for fishermen and farmers. Lettering: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE again lettering: LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ” (liberty, equality, fraternity)
demonetized {not in circulation} polished Trimetallic coin
diameter: 27 mm weight: 9 g