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4⅔ euro – écu / Jeton d'entrée - Strasbourg [67]
| Issuer | Union Numismatique d'Alsace (U.N.A.) |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Engraver(s) | Isler |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the large stylised inscription EURO in bold decorative lettering, surmounted by the fractional denomination 4 2/3 and flanked below by ECU DE. A small mint or issuer mark appears at the base of the central design. The surrounding circular legend reads 21° BOURSE EXPOSITION NUMISMATIQUE U.N.A. 1996, with the place and date 31 MARS STRASBOURG 1996 completing the inscription in the lower arc. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Union Numismatique d'Alsace issued this piece in 1996 as Strasbourg prepared for its expanding role within European institutions — the city having hosted the Council of Europe since 1949 and the European Parliament on a permanent basis from 1999. The 4⅔ écu denomination is a deliberate archaism, referencing the old convention by which one French livre tournois equaled 4⅔ silver écus, a ratio codified under the Ancien Régime monetary system. Jetons d'entrée of this type were admission tokens for numismatic society events, not circulation strikes.