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20 ECU - Paneuropean Union Jean Monnet; Paul Henri Spaak
| Issuer | Paneuropean Union |
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| Year | 1972 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Paneuropean Union — founded by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi in 1923 — was issuing medallic ECU pieces decades before the European Community formally adopted the unit of account. This 1972 strike honors Jean Monnet and Paul-Henri Spaak, two architects of postwar European integration whose political careers were built precisely on the institutional frameworks Coudenhove-Kalergi had theorized in the interwar years.
These pieces carry no legal tender status under any national authority, catalogued in the X# series accordingly. The .900 gold composition mirrors the French 20-franc standard — a deliberate nod to continental monetary tradition.