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Infiny cash - Les Menuires
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| Year | 2023-2024 |
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| Size | 134 x 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a sculpture of an ibex atop the Masse peak alongside the bell tower of the Espace Maurice Romanet, with snow-capped mountain panoramas of the Tarentaise valley in the background. The note carries the faulty inscription "LES MENUIERES" in place of the correct "LES MENUIRES". Series prefix "A1_FR" appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Large infinity symbol (∞) anchors the centre as a guilloche underprint, overlaid on a planisphere underprint behind vignettes of world landmarks: Statue of Liberty, Pyramids of Giza, Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House, and Oriental Pearl Tower. An EURion constellation of rings is present, with a portrait of the Greek philosopher Socrates at right. |
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Les Menuires is a purpose-built ski resort in the Belleville valley of the Trois Vallées, developed almost entirely in the 1960s as functional mass-market accommodation rather than a traditional Alpine village. The Infiny Cash scheme is a local commercial scrip — a closed-loop currency accepted by participating businesses within the resort — increasingly common among French ski stations as a way to keep tourist spending circulating inside the local economy rather than leaking to online retailers or outside vendors.
The EURion constellation inclusion is notable: it triggers photocopier and image-editing software to refuse reproduction, a protection layer more typically associated with sovereign banknotes. Its presence here reflects French regulations that extend certain anti-counterfeiting obligations to privately issued monetary instruments.