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25 ECU Three Graces; Piedfort
| Issuer | Tower Mint |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Mint | Tower Mint, London, United Kingdom (1976-date) |
| Mintage | 1992 - Proof - 5,000 |
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The Three Graces design has deep roots in British numismatics — William Wyon's celebrated version first appeared on the 1817 pattern crown, and revivals of it have appeared periodically ever since as prestige issues. The ECU denomination was never legal tender in the United Kingdom; Britain declined to join the Exchange Rate Mechanism fully, and these pieces were produced as collector items capitalizing on European monetary unification enthusiasm rather than any domestic monetary policy.
Piedfort specification doubles the standard flan thickness, a French-derived format that the Royal Mint and Tower Mint both adopted for premium collector series in the 1980s and 1990s.