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Fantasy Coin - 1 Euro Cent Specimen
| Issuer | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 2002-2003 |
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| Value | 1 Euro Cent (0.01) |
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| Obverse lettering | PRUEBA TRIAL PROBE * ESSAI 2003 * GREAT BRITAIN * |
| Reverse description | The European Union flag depicted upright and slightly waving on a flagpole, showing the twelve five-pointed stars arranged in a circle on the flag's field. To the right of the flag, a large numeral 1 occupies the central field, with vertical ruled lines decorating the right portion of the coin. The word SPECIMEN appears within a cartouche in the lower exergue. |
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Britain never joined the Eurozone, so this piece has no legal tender status anywhere — it was produced speculatively, likely by a private mint, imagining what a UK euro cent might have looked like had the Treasury under Gordon Brown returned a different answer on any of its five economic tests in 2003.