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30 Ecus - Vesoul
| Issuer | Ville de Vesoul / C.P.V. (Club Philatélique de Vesoul) |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the denomination '30 écus' and the place name 'VESOUL', with the date 'nov. - déc. 1995' and the regional designation 'HAUTE-SAÔNE * ILE VERTE'. The design is framed by three concentric decorative borders: an outer grénetis of beads along the rim, a middle ring composed of the twelve stars of Europe, and an inner wreath of intertwined laurel and oak branches tied at the base with a knotted ribbon. |
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| Reverse lettering | . HAUTE - SAONE * ILE VERTE . 30 écus nov. - déc. 1995 VESOUL |
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Vesoul's 30-écu piece belongs to the wave of French municipal ecu issues that proliferated in the early-to-mid 1990s, exploiting the pre-euro window when the European Currency Unit gave regional authorities a politically painless excuse to issue collectible silver outside the franc system. The Banque de France tolerated these issues precisely because the ECU was never legal tender in France — municipalities could play at coinage without technically doing so.
The Club Philatélique de Vesoul handled distribution, as was common with smaller French cities where numismatic infrastructure barely existed independently of philatelic clubs.