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Coins
Welcome to the
Monnaie de Paris (Part 2)
After visiting the Monnaie de Florian Trachet, the shop fo- Legion of Honour and most
Paris’ engraving workshop and reman is enthusiastically, and other official French me-
dals, are struck in the striking
very proudly, explaining his
learning about the process used team’s creations to me. workshop in Paris.
to engrave medals, I’m now vi- As is the case for engraving, The tooling materials (dies,
siting the Monnaie de Paris’ the Monnaie de Paris is split in matrices, etc.) and, of course,
coin-striking workshop. After two units: one in Pessac where the metal and enamel required
putting on shoe covers, I’ve en- coins for everyday use are are received here. A number of
tered the workshop where the struck and one in Paris. different alloys like monetary
Legion of Honour and many Medals and collector coins bronze, Florentine bronze, as
other prestigious medals are and decorations, including the well as silver, pure silver, and
made. The Monnaie de Paris building ©Gilles Targat-Monnaie de Paris.
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