Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 écu - Cercle numismatique de Colmar [68]
| Issuer | Cercle Numismatique de Colmar |
|---|---|
| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | ECU (1979-1999) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The large numeral 5 dominates the central field, rendered in a bold decorative style with a stylized serif. Below it, the denomination ECU is inscribed in capitals. The circular legend XIVe JOURNEE NUMISMATIQUE REGIONALE runs along the upper periphery, while the date 30 OCTOBRE 1994 appears along the lower periphery. Two five-pointed stars flank the denomination on either side at mid-field, and the design is unframed within a plain edge. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Cercle Numismatique de Colmar issued this piece as a local trade token during the early 1990s wave of French numismatic club écu-denominated issues — a short-lived phenomenon that briefly flourished before the European Commission moved to restrict private écu coinage ahead of the Maastricht Treaty's implementation. Colmar, capital of Haut-Rhin, had a particular claim on such issues given Alsace's historically contested monetary identity between French and Germanic systems.