1661 mont st. Michel souvenir

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I'm curious about this token or medal I recently found in an antique shop here in New Braunfels Texas. I believe I've identified it correctly. 1661 souvenir from Mont St. Michel. That's about all I have found. I'm curious to how rare it is and is it valuable

Hi, 

this is obviously not from 1661, but more 19th c. by it's style, IMHO.

 

Immensi tremor oceani is the motto of the Order of Saint Michel.

This medal commemorates the year 1661 when king Louis 14 reformed this order, limiting the number of knights to 100. Source : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordre_de_Saint-Michel

 

The link with the Mont St Michel (France) isn't obvious, look's this medal is more common in Canada than in France :

Source : https://numicanada.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6418

I can't find another online…

 

About value, I don't think it has much…

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