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E-auction 274-195513 - fme_371642 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Tunnel sous la Manche, Elisabeth II et François Mitterrand

V REPUBLIC Médaille, Tunnel sous la Manche, Elisabeth II et François Mitterrand MS
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Estimate : 75 €
Price : 22 €
Maximum bid : 25 €
End of the sale : 16 July 2018 18:38:00
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Médaille, Tunnel sous la Manche, Elisabeth II et François Mitterrand
Date: 1994
Mint name / Town : France
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 800 ‰
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver J. JIMENEZ (né en 1956)
Weight : 31 g.
Edge : striée
Puncheon : Minerve
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous capsule
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ELIZABETH II / FRANÇOIS MITTERAND.
Obverse description : Vue de la locomotive d’un Eurostar.

Reverse


Reverse legend : TUNNEL SOUS LA MANCHE - CHANNEL TUNNEL / 6 MAI 1994.
Reverse description : Vue de la Tour Eiffel et de Big Ben, séparés par la Manche et reliés par l’Eurostar, poinçon visible à gauche de la signature JIMENEZ.

Commentary


Intéressante médaille, avec les symboles des relations franco-anglaises...
Le tunnel sous la Manche (en anglais, The Channel Tunnel ou Chunnel) est un tunnel ferroviaire reliant le sud-est du Royaume-Uni (Angleterre) et le nord de la France. Composé de deux tubes extérieurs parcourus par des trains, et d'un tube central de service plus petit, il est long de 50,5 kilomètres dont 38 percés sous la mer. Il est exploité par la société franco-britannique Eurotunnel.
L’inauguration officielle du tunnel par la reine Elizabeth II et le président François Mitterrand a eu lieu le 6 mai 1994..

Historical background


V REPUBLIC

(since 08/01/1959)

The Fifth Republic, whose constitution was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958 by more than 79% of French people, only officially began with the installation of General de Gaulle as president on January 8, 1959. The constitution was amended on January 28, 1958. October 1962 by referendum where a majority of 62% of votes approves the election of the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. The various presidents of the Fifth Republic are Charles de Gaulle (8/01/1959 - 27/04/1969, retirement and Alain Poher becomes interim president), Georges Pompidou (15/06/1969 - 2/04/1974, deceased , Alain Poher becomes interim president), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19/05/1974 - 21/05/1981), François Mitterrand (21/05/1981 - 7/05/1995), Jacques Chirac (7/05 /1995 - 05/16/2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (05/16/2007 - 05/15/2012), François Hollande (05/15/2012 - 05/14/2017) and Emmanuel Macron (05/14/2017 - ).

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