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1 ECU - Bonifacio
| Issuer | Association des confréries Bonifaciennes |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse lettering | PROCESSION DU MILLENAIRE DE BONIFACIO LIBERTAS O CRUX AVE 24 septembre 1995 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The confréries of Bonifacio — the ancient Genoese citadel perched on Corsica's southern cliffs — have maintained fraternal and religious traditions largely unbroken since medieval settlement. This token, issued by their association rather than any monetary authority, circulated locally as a festival or commemorative piece, part of a broader 1990s European enthusiasm for ECU-denominated fantasy issues ahead of monetary union. Hundreds of French municipalities, regions, and private bodies exploited the ECU's liminal legal status — never quite a currency, never quite not one.