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2 Euros - Tours and Touraine Amboise
| Issuer | N.A.F.S.E.P. (Numismates et Amateurs Français de Stamp et Pièces) |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Engraver(s) | G. Buquoy (after C. Cardot) |
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| Obverse lettering | 11 OCT. 11 NOV. 1997 N.A.F.S.E.P. Amboise |
| Reverse description | The central field features a detailed frontal view of the Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) of Tours, rendered in fine relief against an outline map of the Touraine region, with a large tree depicted to the right. The denomination '2 euro' is inscribed in large letters along the upper portion of the field. The legend 'de TOURS et de TOURAINE' curves around the lower periphery, while the engravers' credits 'G. BUQUOY / D'APRÈS C. CARDOT' appear in small lettering in the lower field. |
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N.A.F.S.E.P. was a French private collectors' association that issued fantasy tokens denominated in euros well before the single currency entered circulation in 1999. These pieces have no legal tender status and were never sanctioned by any monetary authority — they exist purely as speculative collectibles produced ahead of the euro's launch, a cottage industry that flourished briefly among French numismatic clubs in the mid-1990s.