20 Euros Pattern

Réunion has never issued circulating euro coinage — the island uses euros as legal tender but falls outside the Eurozone minting framework, with all circulating coins supplied from metropolitan France. This piece exists as a pattern struck for collector interest rather than any genuine monetary proposal, a category that multiplied sharply across French overseas territories in the early 2000s as the euro changeover generated speculative demand for regional "what if" issues.

The X# prefix in the Krause system flags it as an unofficial or fantasy strike, not a government-authorized issue.