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1,5 Euro - Saint-Gengoux-le-National, Cormatin, Salornay
| Issuer | Union Commerciale et Artisanale de Saint-Gengoux-le-National |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Three heraldic emblems are displayed in the central field: an oval cartouche bearing a sheaf of wheat at left representing Cormatin, the crowned municipal coat of arms of Saint-Gengoux-le-National at center, and an oval cartouche depicting a stone bridge or waterway at right representing Salornay. The denomination 1,5 EURO arcs prominently along the upper legend, flanked by the municipality names · CORMAIN · and · SALORNAY ·. Below the shields, the date range 10 AU 21-12·1996 and the inscription DE / ST GENGOUX LE NATIONAL appear in the lower field, with the engraver's signature C. CARDOT noted at lower right. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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One of several hundred local emergency currency issues produced across France during the mid-1990s under the brief window allowed by municipal authorities before euro convergence tightened fiscal controls. Saint-Gengoux-le-National is a minor commune in Saône-et-Loire; its pairing here with Cormatin and Salornay suggests an intercommunal tourism initiative, likely tied to the Château de Cormatin, which reopened to visitors after restoration in 1990. These pieces circulated as bons régionaux — accepted by participating merchants only — and most were redeemed quickly, making uncirculated survivors rarer than mintage figures suggest.