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3 ECU Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux Rochefort [17]
| Issuer | Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO), Rochefort |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Weight | 12.65 g |
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| Obverse description | A finely detailed effigy of a European Turtle-dove (Tourterelle des bois, Streptopelia turtur) in profile, depicted perched and facing left, rendered in high relief against a stylised globe or lattice grid background occupying the upper field. The legend 'TOURTERELLE DES BOIS' curves along the lower centre, while 'LIGUE POUR LA PROTECTION DES OISEAUX ROCHEFORT' arcs around the left and lower periphery. A small square mintmark device appears to the left of the bird in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | TOURTERELLE DES BOIS LIGUE POUR LA PROTECTION DES OISEAUX ROCHEFORT |
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The ECU — European Currency Unit — was a basket currency used as an accounting unit within the European Monetary System from 1979, never intended for general circulation. In the early 1990s, French municipalities and organizations seized on it as a vehicle for commemorative and promotional issues, technically legal tender within agreed local schemes. The LPO, founded in 1912 and headquartered in Rochefort, was among the more unusual participants — a bird protection society issuing quasi-currency.
These regional ECU issues largely vanished from use the moment the euro project made the ECU obsolete at the end of 1998.