Catalog
20 Euros Pattern
| Issuer | Mayotte |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Diameter | 27.2 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts two Brown Lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) rendered in fine naturalistic relief, seated upon a branch that extends across the central field. The legend 'protection de la faune' (protection of wildlife) curves along the upper rim, while the species name 'Lémur brun' appears vertically along the right rim. The denomination '20' and the Euro symbol '€' are inscribed in a stylized typeface in the lower-left field. |
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| Mintage | 2004 - 30 |
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Mayotte's status in 2004 was legally ambiguous — a French territorial collectivity that had voted against joining the Comoros at independence in 1974, leaving it in a prolonged constitutional limbo that wouldn't resolve until its departmentalization in 2011. Pattern pieces from this period reflect that uncertainty; no circulating euro coinage was ever authorized for Mayotte, making official trial strikes the only physical artifacts of what might have been a distinct local euro identity.