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| Issuer | Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 3 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Fully colored design featuring a central heraldic shield divided into quarters of red, white, and blue, adorned with a pattern of blue five-pointed stars on a white horizontal band. The shield is surrounded by eight red five-pointed stars arranged in the field. A decorative rope border in blue frames the coin's perimeter. The legend 'TUAMOTU' arcs across the upper field, with the date '2020' inscribed below it, and the denomination '3 Francs' appears in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Tuamotu Archipelago has no independent monetary authority and issues no legal tender — this piece is a fantasy or novelty item with no official standing under French Polynesian or French state authority. The "Aries" designation and the stainless steel paper composite construction place it firmly in the category of privately produced exonumia marketed to collectors rather than anything with a traceable minting mandate.