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1 Euro - Corbeil-Essonnes
| Issuer | City of Corbeil-Essonnes |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | CORBEIL-ESSONNES |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Corbeil-Essonnes was one of hundreds of French municipalities that issued local emergency currency during the 1997–1999 period, when the looming arrival of the euro prompted towns to produce commemorative "local euros" as both a promotional exercise and a revenue source. These had no legal tender status whatsoever — they circulated only within participating shops by voluntary agreement and were largely a tourism and civic marketing scheme organized under the umbrella of the "Euroland" and similar regional programs.
The copper composition places this firmly outside any official monetary framework; genuine euro coinage uses bimetallic or cupronickel formats.