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1 Eusko
| Issuer | Euskal Moneta |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Eusko (2013-date) |
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| Reverse description | White left panel carries the denomination '1 eusko' and the Euskal Moneta logo in blue and green, with the issuer's website printed vertically. The right two-thirds present a blue-toned photographic vignette of a Basque harbour scene with fishing vessels moored in the foreground and traditional architecture rising on the hillside behind. |
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| Protection type | Security strip |
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The Eusko launched in January 2013 in the French Basque Country — specifically the Pays Basque département — and quickly became the largest circulating local complementary currency in France, a position it still held years after issue. It is not legal tender in any formal sense; acceptance is entirely voluntary among a network of member businesses in the Bayonne area. Euskal Moneta, the issuing association, structured it as a 1:1 exchange with the euro, redeemable at designated exchange points.
The security strip is modest but deliberate — enough to deter casual counterfeiting of a currency whose entire value depends on community trust rather than state enforcement.