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3 Euros - Fayence
| Issuer | Commune de Fayence |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 3 Euros (3 EUR) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a sleek glider in flight viewed from a low angle, soaring above a stylized panoramic view of the town of Fayence with its rooftops and church towers rendered in fine line relief. The numeral 3 and the denomination legend EURO appear prominently in the upper field. Twelve five-pointed stars arranged in a arc border the upper periphery, referencing the European Union. The date inscription du 18 7 au 18 8 1997 and the issuer legend de FAYENCE are integrated into the lower field around the townscape. |
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Fayence is a hill village in the Var département that, like hundreds of French communes in the 1990s, issued local emergency-style scrip currency under the cover of "tourist tokens" — a legal workaround that sidestepped Banque de France restrictions on private monetary issuance. The 3-euro denomination placed it squarely in the pre-euro speculation frenzy of 1997, when municipalities across France raced to issue eurozone-themed pieces before the single currency made the gesture redundant.
Most were redeemable at local merchants for a single season, then quietly discontinued.