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ECU Great Britain - Royal Exchange
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A detailed perspective view of the Royal Exchange building in London occupies the lower half of the field, rendered in high relief with classical colonnaded facade. Above the building, a bold arc bears the legend GREAT BRITAIN in large raised letters. The upper border is highlighted with blue enamel colour, upon which twelve five-pointed stars are evenly spaced in reference to the European Community, echoing the design motif of the ECU series. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Royal Exchange ECU series was part of a short-lived late-1990s trend among European mints to issue ECU-denominated pieces ahead of the euro's introduction — a currency Britain ultimately declined to adopt. These are neither legal tender ECUs in any technical sense nor commemoratives in the traditional meaning; they occupy an awkward commercial middle ground, struck primarily for the collector market during the window between the Maastricht Treaty and the 1999 euro launch.
Gold-plated copper-nickel on a 40mm flan is the house format for this entire output, produced under license arrangements rather than direct Royal Mint authority.