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10 euros De Gaulle / Adenauer essai
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | A stylized map of Europe is displayed within a central rectangular frame, overlaid by diagonal lines radiating outward to represent the fifteen stylized national flags of the European Union member states arranged around the periphery. The denomination 10 EURO appears prominently in two lines within the central frame, superimposed over the map. Below the frame, the word essai (trial) is inscribed in lowercase, flanked by two small mint marks. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece commemorates the 1963 Élysée Treaty, the Franco-German friendship accord signed by de Gaulle and Adenauer that formalized postwar reconciliation between the two countries. Issued as an essai — a trial strike produced outside normal circulation runs, typically for official presentation or archival purposes — it was never legal tender. France produced essais like this routinely through the late twentieth century, often in small quantities through the Monnaie de Paris for collector and diplomatic distribution.
Adenauer had in fact resigned the chancellorship in 1963, the same year the treaty was signed, under considerable internal party pressure.