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1 1/2 Euro Trans-Siberian Railway
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ 1 1/2 EURO 2004 RF |
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The Trans-Siberian Railway, completed in 1916 after 25 years of construction across nearly 9,300 kilometers of Siberian terrain, was the longest continuous rail line in the world — a project that broke budgets, exhausted labor forces, and required re-routing around Lake Baikal until a circuitous lakeside section was finally tunneled through. France's interest in commemorating it is not sentimental: the railway was partially financed by French capital, and Russian bonds sold on the Paris market to fund its construction were still causing legal headaches for French investors well into the twentieth century.