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1 Euro trial
| Issuer | Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date) |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Diameter | 32.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Within the copper-nickel centre, a muscular full-length effigy of William Tell facing forward, draped in a partially open tunic, carrying a crossbow resting over his right shoulder. The date 2005 appears to the right in the field, with a small engraver's monogram G at lower right of the central disc. The brass outer ring bears the multilingual legend PRUEBA * TRIAL * ESSAI * PROBE, separated by five-pointed stars, with CONFOEDERATIO HELVETICA inscribed along the lower arc of the ring. |
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| Reverse description | Within the copper-nickel centre, a seated allegorical female figure facing left, draped in classical robes with her right breast exposed, holding a sceptre or torch in her right hand; behind her, a large numeral 1 with radiating lines fills the field. An oval cartouche inscribed SPECIMEN appears at the lower centre of the disc. The brass outer ring is decorated with a ring of twelve five-pointed stars, with a stylised euro symbol E at the base. |
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Switzerland never joined the Eurozone and has no plans to do so, but the mint at Bern produced a small run of Euro-denomination trial pieces in 2005 — almost certainly for vending machine and coin-operated equipment manufacturers who needed dimensionally accurate test tokens before the Swiss market could reliably accommodate Euro-accepting hardware. The 21g weight exceeds the actual 1 Euro coin by roughly 13%, suggesting this was not a dimensional clone but a proprietary test specification.