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500 Euros Eurocorps
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 500 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a classical portrait of the goddess Europa facing right, her hair adorned with stars in allusion to the European Union's symbolism. Above her effigy, twelve euro signs ('€') are arranged in a semi-circular arc, evoking the twelve stars of the European flag. To the left of the portrait and in the lower field, flagpoles bearing stylized European national flags are depicted. The legend 'EUROPA' and the date '2012' appear in the field. |
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Eurocorps — the multinational army corps headquartered in Strasbourg — traces its origin to the Franco-German Brigade established in 1989, itself a political gesture by Kohl and Mitterrand to demonstrate that post-war reconciliation had produced something operationally real. The corps became fully operational in 1995 and has deployed to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan under both NATO and EU command structures.
The Monnaie de Paris issued this coin under its collector program, which operates independently of the European Central Bank's monetary authority — meaning pieces like this are legal tender in name but exist purely as numismatic objects from the point of striking.