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5 Euro Cent Pattern
| Issuer | Siberia (Russia) |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Within a raised inner circle, a Siberian tiger is depicted in left profile, rendered in bold relief with detailed striped markings across its body. A circular legend reading "SIBERIA PROBE TEST ESSAI" runs along the inner border of the field. The outer border is adorned with a ring of twelve stars in the European style. The issuer name "SIBERIA" appears in the upper legend and the date "2005" is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIBERIA 2005 |
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Siberia has never been an independent issuing authority, and no sanctioned "Siberian euro cent" pattern exists in any recognized numismatic authority's records. This piece almost certainly originates from the cottage industry of fantasy coins produced in the early 2000s, when dozens of unofficial "pattern" and "essai" pieces were struck for regions, breakaway territories, and autonomies that had no monetary authority whatsoever — marketed to collectors as curiosities rather than genuine preparatory coinage.
Without a confirmed issuing mint or authenticated provenance, catalog it as a fantasy piece, not a pattern.