1 Dollar Mont Saint-Michel 2023 – Cuivre Antique

Description

Mont Saint-Michel / Saint Michael’s Mount

• Avers / Obverse :

Une vue sur le Mont Saint-Michel, avec au premier plan les silhouettes d’un couple s’y dirigeant ; dans la partie haute, la tête de la reine Elisabeth II couronnée à droite, boucle à l’oreille, dessinée par l’artiste graveur Ian Rank-Broadley, dont les initiales IRB apparaissent sous le cou, le nom de la souveraine et celui du pays émetteur COOK ISLANDS (en français “ILES COOK”) ; sur la gauche, la carte de France ; en bas, la valeur faciale 1 DOLLAR ; sur le listel, la légende “MSM A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, IN 1023, THE BENEDICTINE MONKS OF MONT-SAINT-MICHEL LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR THEIR NEW ABBEY CHURCH. TODAY, THE SANCTUARY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF EARLY ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL ROCK, THE CHURCH DOMINATES THE UNIQUE SILHOUETTE OF THIS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE ISLAND WHICH HAS DEFIED THE TIDES SINCE TIME BEGAN”

View on the Saint Michael’s Mount, with the silhouettes of two persons going towards its direction ; in the upper part, the crowned head of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second right to edge of coin, wearing earrings, drawn by the artist engraver Ian Rank-Broadley, whose signature IRB appears under the neck, the name of the sovereign and the one of the issuing country COOK ISLANDS ; on the left, the map of France ; at the bottom, the face value 1 DOLLAR ; on the rim, the legend “MSM A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, IN 1023, THE BENEDICTINE MONKS OF MONT-SAINT-MICHEL LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR THEIR NEW ABBEY CHURCH. TODAY, THE SANCTUARY IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF EARLY ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE IN NORMANDY, FRANCE. LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL ROCK, THE CHURCH DOMINATES THE UNIQUE SILHOUETTE OF THIS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE ISLAND WHICH HAS DEFIED THE TIDES SINCE TIME BEGAN”

• Revers / Reverse :

Une vue sur le Mont Saint-Michel ; en haut, le nom du site touristique ; en bas, l’année de début de son édification, 1023, et le millésime, 2023

A view on Saint Michael’s Mount ; at the top, the name of the touristic site ; at the bottom, the year of the beginning of its construction, 1023, and the year of issue of this coin, 2023