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1/4 Euro - French southern & Antarctic territories Pattern
| Issuer | French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The celebrated Semeuse (Sower) effigy, after the original 1898 design by Louis Oscar Roty, depicted striding left in flowing robes, her hair windswept, scattering seed from a bag held at her side. The denomination 1/4 E appears prominently in the central field to the right of the figure, with the word ESSAI below it. The legend LOUIS OSCAR ROTY 1846-1911 arcs along the upper periphery, and SEMEUSE 1898 is inscribed along the lower left rim. |
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Pattern coins struck for the French Southern and Antarctic Territories occupy a peculiar corner of Euro-zone numismatics. The TAAF has no permanent civilian population and no functioning retail economy, making any circulating coinage entirely hypothetical — these pieces were produced for collectors and to satisfy the formal requirement that each French territory submit proposed Euro designs ahead of monetary integration discussions.
X#E11a distinguishes this copper striking from the other metal trials in the same E11 series, suggesting at minimum a silver or brass companion was produced in the same run.