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25 ECU Tower Bridge
| Uitgever | Tower Mint, London |
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| Jaar | 1993 |
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| Gewicht | 20.5 g |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A three-masted sailing vessel is depicted navigating beneath Tower Bridge, with the iconic bascule bridge rendered in fine relief dominating the upper field. The Tower of London is visible in the background on the right bank, providing a historically layered London riverside composition. The denomination numeral 25 appears prominently in the lower central field, flanked by the inscription TWENTY FIVE ECU arranged around the upper circumference. The date 1993 is inscribed in the lower exergual area, and two small floral ornaments punctuate the peripheral legend. The reverse presents a detailed architectural and maritime scene celebrating British heritage within the European Community context. |
| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The ECU — European Currency Unit — was never legal tender in the conventional sense but existed as a basket currency used for accounting within the European Monetary System from 1979. By the early 1990s, a cottage industry of ECU-denominated collector pieces had sprung up across Europe, most issued by small mints or minor jurisdictions looking to capture souvenir demand ahead of anticipated monetary union. The Tower Mint, a private contract mint operating in London, produced this piece on its own authority rather than for any sovereign government.
Britain's fraught relationship with European integration — the pound was ejected from the Exchange Rate Mechanism in September 1992, just months before this coin's issue date — gives the timing a certain irony.