Although it is British machine tokens I mainly look for occasionally I pick up tokens from other countries. One such is this 5 centime token to cross the transporter bridge in Rouen.
I’ve crossed the similar bridge in Middlesborough over the Tees. It’s really a flying ferry, the vehicles all collect on a short road section that is suspended below the gantry and literally carried by the crane to the opposite bank.
The Rouen bridge was built in 1898 and destroyed by the French army on 9th June 1940 to try and delay the advance of the German army during World War II.
