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2 Euro - Probe Trial Essai Euro Coin
| Issuer | Indonesia › Netherlands East Indies (1601-1949) |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The brass centre displays the bold numeral '2' alongside the initial 'E' for Euro, superimposed over a raised relief map of various former Dutch colonial territories rendered in cartographic style. The outline maps of additional Dutch colonies extend into the nickel outer ring, occupying the left and right fields. The legend 'Nederlandse Koloniën' (Dutch Colonies) arcs along the upper portion of the outer ring in italic script. The date '2005' is inscribed along the lower arc of the outer ring in upright numerals. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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No such coin was ever officially produced. Indonesia has not adopted the euro and was not part of any EU accession process; the Netherlands East Indies ceased to exist in 1949, decades before euro coinage was conceived. "Probe/Trial/Essai" pieces attributed to non-eurozone territories — particularly former colonial entities — are a well-documented category of fantasy strikes produced by private mints, most frequently Numiscasa or similar houses operating in the early 2000s, with no issuing authority behind them whatsoever.