??? Token ???

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I guess it is token ,but what is the info about it ???


It could also be a coin but it isn't in catalogue yet. I think! 0:)
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Kuna
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Ipak je novčić nije žeton kao što sam mislio ,hvala "Kuna" ,eo ga :
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55341.html
Info se nalazi u Krause-ovom katalogu neobičnih novčića
From what I recall (I was 11 at the time).

At that time politics where talking about creating a unique money for the EU.
The ECU was the proposal of our former president Valerie Giscard d'Estaing.
I guess they created ECU token to advertise this money. I remember I had one for some time.

Anyway, as you know, they choose the euro instead, and the ecu got forgotten since.
It's not really a coin per se, more like a metallic issue to commemorate the ECU. Like xmtx mentioned, they were advertised, but these tokens never really circulated (ECU is a fantasy currency as a form of exchange, but was a virtual currency like stocks).
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Thank you all for your comments, you helped me a lot. And have found information about it in Krause catalog of unusual coins ....
KK
Citeer: KunaIt could also be a coin
Discussion on the definition of a coin is ample. It's just good to know that although the ECU (European Currency Unit, currency code XEU) was a real currency, and many international financial transactions were settled in XEU, ECU coins were intended exclusively for the sake of representation and attention for the European case. Apart from a haphazard manifestation here and there, ECU coins never ever circulated.

When it became time to make the ECU a circulation currency as well, a new name was chosen (Euro), because UK and Germany objected that ECU looked and sounded like an old French currency, écu. Another problem for the Germans wat that in their language, ECU could be interpreted as e-Kuh, electronic cow, which is funny, depending on your sense of humor.

The new name Euro didn't have these backdraws. But now the European Central Bank is on a collision course with Bulgaria: if they would ever want to adopt the Euro, it would be obvious for them to call it Evro, locally, as that is the way they pronounce Europe (Evropa). For them, Euro (E-oo-ro) sounds like something from a Tolkien novel. But the ECB doesn't let them do so.

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