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ECU Uffizi Gallery
| Issuer | Italy |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | ECU (1979-1999) |
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| Obverse description | Detailed architectural view of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence rendered in high relief against a polished gold field, occupying the lower two-thirds of the coin within an oval frame. The upper portion features a deep blue enamelled arc decorated with twelve five-pointed stars arranged in a semicircle, evoking the European Union motif. The legend ITALIA appears in large raised letters across the upper field, set against the blue enamel band. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The ECU — European Currency Unit — was never legal tender in any conventional sense; it existed as a basket currency used for accounting within the European Monetary System from 1979 onward. By 1998, the ECU had less than a year left before being absorbed into the euro at a fixed 1:1 rate, which makes that year's issues something of a deliberate farewell from participating nations. Italy produced several collector pieces in this final window, often tied to cultural institutions as a way of leveraging the format for prestige rather than commerce.