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1 ECU - Beatrix Deventer Mint 1000th Anniversary
| Issuer | Netherlands |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided vertically into two distinct fields. The left half depicts historical coinage motifs including a coin die, a kneeling coin striker, and a circular coin bearing the dates '990' and '1990', referencing the millennium of minting at Deventer. The right half features the crowned arms of Deventer, a shield bearing an eagle displayed. The legend 'DEVENTER' arcs along the upper right, with '1000 J. MUNTSLAG' (1000 years of coinage) inscribed below. The engraver's signature of Willem Vis appears at lower left. |
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Deventer's claim to mint history rests on a privilege granted around 990 AD, making the city one of the earliest minting centers in the Low Countries — predating even the consolidation of the Dutch county system. The 1990 issue marks that millennium, struck under Queen Beatrix as part of the Netherlands' broader ECU-denominated commemorative program, which ran through the late 1980s and early 1990s alongside European monetary unification discussions.
The X# prefix in standard references signals a non-circulating fantasy or pattern issue outside conventional national coinage — these ECU pieces had no legal tender status in daily commerce.