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1 Euro Prove Prov Muster Pattern Euro Coin
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Reverse description | The copper-nickel centre displays a Viking longship sailing to the right, with the denomination numeral '1' and the initial 'E' positioned to the left within the inner circle. The outer brass ring carries the multilingual trial legends TRIAL, PROBE, ESSAI, and PRUEBA separated by raised dots, encircled by twelve six-pointed stars evenly spaced around the ring in the style of standard Euro reverse designs. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Sweden never adopted the euro. Despite joining the EU in 1995, the country has legally avoided membership in the eurozone by declining to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism II — a political choice, not a legal exemption. This piece dates from the early 2000s when Swedish euro adoption still seemed plausible, and the Riksbank commissioned pattern strikes to prepare for a currency transition that the 2003 referendum decisively rejected, 56% to 42%.