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5 ECU SS Great Britain
| Uitgever | Tower Mint, London |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1995 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | ECU (1979-1999) |
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| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Rand | Log in om details te zien |
| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
| Oplage | 1995 |
| Aanvullende informatie |
The SS Great Britain, launched in Bristol in 1843, was the first ocean-going vessel driven by a screw propeller — a technology the Admiralty had dismissed as impractical until a famous tug-of-war trial between HMS Rattler and the paddle steamer HMS Alecto settled the argument conclusively in 1845. The ship was also the first large iron-hulled passenger vessel, making her a genuine technological rupture rather than an incremental improvement.
The ECU denomination — pegged to the European Currency Unit — was never legal tender in the UK but was issued under a loophole permitting commemorative trade coinage. Tower Mint produced several such pieces through the mid-1990s before the ECU was superseded by the euro in 1999.