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1½ Euro - Guadeloupe Pattern
| Issuer | Guadeloupe (Overseas France) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a detailed broadside view of the French ironclad warship Cuirassé Gloire, shown under full sail with three masts and rigging fully rendered in relief against a mirror field. The ship's service dates 1860 and 1879 flank the vessel at mid-field. The legend CUIRASSÉ GLOIRE arcs across the upper rim, while the denomination 1½ E appears prominently in the lower field. The inscription HISTOIRE DE LA MARINE FRANÇAISE is engraved along the lower rim, situating the coin within a series commemorating the history of the French Navy. |
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Guadeloupe has no independent monetary authority and has used the euro since its introduction — it never issued its own coinage. This piece is a privately produced fantasy pattern, not an official French or EU-sanctioned issue. The 2004 date places it among a wave of similar "pattern" and "essai" productions marketed to collectors during the euro changeover years, when demand for regional and territorial novelty pieces was high enough to sustain a cottage industry of unofficial strikes.