Catalogus
| Uitgever | Europa Island |
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| Jaar | 2018 |
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| Valuta | CFP franc (1945-date) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Multicolored vignette centred on a mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) set against a guilloche underprint, accompanied by a nautical shell motif and a small sailboat. The coat of arms of Île Europa, incorporating dolphins, sea anchors, and a turtle, appears alongside the denomination and island name inscriptions. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 1000 frs MILLE FRANCS Odontodactylus scyllarus ÎLE EUROPA 2018 ÎLE EUROPA |
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| Opmerkingen |
Europa Island is an uninhabited French territory in the Mozambique Channel, administered from Réunion and with no resident civilian population whatsoever. It has never had a local economy, a banking system, or any practical need for currency. Notes issued under its name are fantasy pieces — produced for the collector market without any legal tender basis or issuing authority in the conventional sense.
The polymer substrate and the 2018 date place this squarely in the wave of collector-targeted "island territory" fantasy notes that proliferated through that decade.