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20 Euros - Tours and Touraine
| Issuer | NAFSEP (Association nationale française pour la participation aux Euro-monnaies locales) |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed view of the Tours Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville de Tours) occupies the central field, depicted within the outlined silhouette of the Touraine region map, with a tree to the right and a river scene below. The denomination '20 euro' is inscribed in large letters across the upper portion of the field. The legend 'de TOURS et de TOURAINE' curves along the lower right border. The engravers' credits 'G. BUQUOY / D'APRÈS C. CARDOT' appear in small lettering at the lower left of the central design. |
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Issued by NAFSEP, the French national body that coordinated local euro-denominated scrip ahead of the single currency's 1999 launch, this piece belongs to a series of privately issued "euro anticipation" tokens produced across French regions in the mid-1990s. The Tours and Touraine issue drew on the Loire Valley's long association with the French crown — the region served as a de facto seat of royal power through much of the 15th and 16th centuries, when the court preferred its châteaux to Paris. These are not legal tender in any jurisdiction and never were.