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3 Euro de Colmar [68]
| Issuer | Cercle Numismatique de Colmar |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 3 €URO DE COLMAR is prominently displayed in the centre of the field, with the numeral 3 rendered in a large decorative script and the euro sign incorporated into the word EURO. A circle of twelve five-pointed stars surrounds the central denomination, evoking the European Union emblem. The engraver's name ISLER appears in small letters below the central legend. The circular border legend reads XVIIe JOURNEE NUMISMATIQUE REGIONALE · 28 SEPTEMBRE 1997, running from lower left to lower right around the outer rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued by the Cercle Numismatique de Colmar, this is a local trade token rather than official currency — part of a broader French phenomenon of the 1990s in which regional numismatic clubs and merchants' associations produced franc-era "euros" in anticipation of monetary union, years before the actual euro existed. The department number 68, Haut-Rhin, appears as part of the designation, a convention that helped distinguish these quasi-monetary pieces by locality.