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2 Lupis
| Issuer | Le Lupi (Monnaie Complémentaire de la Région du Centre, Belgium) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Size | 132 x 63 mm |
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| Reverse description | Brown on cream with a continuous panoramic vignette across the centre depicting stylised regional landmarks: wind turbines, a mine headframe, residential houses, a church tower, civic buildings, and a castle ruin, with human figures at left and wavy-line underprint throughout. Inscriptions appear at top and bottom. |
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| Protection type | Hologram |
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Le Lupi is a complementary currency launched in the Centre region of Belgium, designed to circulate locally and encourage spending within the community rather than leaking into broader supply chains. The name and wolf motif draw on the regional identity of the area around La Louvière — "louve" being French for she-wolf. These currencies have no legal tender status and depend entirely on voluntary merchant participation.
The hologram is unusual for a local complementary issue, where most European schemes rely on simpler security measures or none at all. Whether this reflects genuine anti-counterfeiting concern or a deliberate signal of institutional seriousness is an open question.