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3 Euros - Cassis
| Issuer | Ville de Cassis |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Local coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1997 - 5,000 |
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One of hundreds of local emergency currency issues produced across France in 1997 under a brief window of municipal authorization, the Cassis 3-euro piece belongs to a peculiar transitional moment: French towns scrambling to issue souvenir-cum-circulation tokens in the gap between the franc and the anticipated euro. Cassis, a small fishing port east of Marseille, was among the communes that seized the promotional opportunity. These pieces were legal tender locally at participating merchants for a limited period, a scheme that collapsed in relevance well before actual euro coins arrived in 2002.