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50 Euro Cents Pattern
| Issuer | Wales (United Kingdom) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '50' dominates the right portion of the field in large raised figures, with the legend 'CENT' inscribed below. To the left, the heraldic Welsh Dragon is depicted passant over a background of vertical parallel lines evoking the Welsh flag's striped lower half. Twelve five-pointed stars arc around the outer border. The multilingual proof inscriptions 'PROVE PROV' appear at the upper border and 'MUSTER' is inscribed inverted at the lower border, consistent with the medal alignment of this pattern piece. |
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Wales has never been an issuing authority for euro coinage — the United Kingdom opted out of the eurozone, and even within the UK, coin issuance is reserved exclusively to the Royal Mint on behalf of the Crown. This piece is a fantasy or pattern struck for the collector market, almost certainly privately produced, exploiting the post-2002 appetite for regional euro "what-if" issues that flooded into the numismatic trade throughout the mid-2000s.