Euro Prototype In Box. Value? How Many Were Made?

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ghisla New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 03/05/2015 12:14 pm This is a "coffret essai de frappe" made in France. That is all I know Edited by ghisla 03/05/2015 12:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/05/2015 5:04 pm I have seen a 2 Euro prototype coin that seems to made for the purpose of familiarisation by a very wide audience within the original Eurozone Countries. I guess that all banking staff in those Countries would have been at least need to be shown a set of prototye coins, so it follows that a sufficiently large enough number of them would need to be made. The production of the generic prototype sets would have also allowed the Mints a chance to get 'production ready' for the manufacture and issue of the official Euro coins. South Africa did this before the issue of a new set of coin modules in 1990. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 03/08/2015 7:09 pm According to this article (PDF, French) that would be the first of three essai/prototype sets. Those pieces were apparently made before mid-November 1998; some specifications of were changed later. Note they say that the set sells at €3,500-5,000 - whether that is true I don't know. Report this Post to the Staff
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