Katalog
| Emittent | Spain |
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| Jahr | 1992 |
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| Nennwert | 10 ECU (10 XEU) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Central vignette of a twelve-pointed star enclosing an ornate decorative design, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. To the right, a white dove on a pink background. The note was issued as a specimen souvenir in connection with the European Community Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | THE PAVILION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - EXPO'92 SEVILLA. THIS SPECIMEN ECU-NOTE IS SPONSORED BY EUFISERV. |
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The ECU — European Currency Unit — was never legal tender in Spain or anywhere else. It existed as a basket currency and accounting unit within the European Monetary System, which made any physical ECU banknote a novelty item rather than a functioning monetary instrument. Spain issued this piece to coincide with the Seville World Exposition of 1992, a year the country was aggressively positioning itself as a modern European nation — the Barcelona Olympics ran the same summer.
Giesecke & Devrient's involvement signals this was produced to a high security standard despite its commemorative nature, which is worth noting given that several other ECU fantasy notes of the period were printed on lightweight stock by minor commercial printers.