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1 ECU Montgolfier First Flight
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO Montgolfier Novembre1783 19 · ECU · 94 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The 1783 Montgolfier ascent at Versailles — witnessed by Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and a crowd estimated at 130,000 — was the first untethered hot-air balloon flight carrying living passengers: a sheep, a duck, and a rooster. Monaco's commemorative ECU issues of the 1990s belonged to a broader European collector series tied to the ECU currency unit, which never circulated as physical coinage but generated substantial revenue for small issuing states. The X# prefix in Krause confirms this piece's non-circulation status.