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1 Euro - Rennes
| Issuer | Ville de Rennes |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a large stylized numeral '1' above the word 'euro' set within a rectangular frame, with the inscription 'de Rennes' below in smaller lettering. Decorative dotted motifs appear in the upper portion of the field flanking the numeral. The curved legend 'du 03 au 15 novembre 1997' runs along the upper rim, denoting the dates of the local euro circulation event. |
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One of hundreds of local "euro" tokens issued by French municipalities in the mid-1990s ahead of the single currency's 1999 launch. Rennes participated in a coordinated trial campaign — organized partly through the Fédération Française du Commerce — that briefly allowed these pieces to circulate as fractional trade currency within participating shops. They were never legal tender, but retailers accepted them voluntarily, making the experiment one of the more pragmatic dry runs for public familiarity with euro-denominated pricing before the real coins arrived.