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10 ECU Aragón
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 10 ECU (10 XEU) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Conjoined or juxtaposed effigies featuring a portrait bust of King Ferdinand II of Aragon occupy the central field, accompanied by a heraldic shield bearing the combined coat of arms of Aragon and Sicily. A ring of twelve stars frames the design, six to the left and six to the right of the central motif. The legends EUROPA and ARAGON are inscribed in the field, evoking the European theme of the series. |
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The ECU — European Currency Unit — was never legal tender in Spain but existed as a basket currency used for accounting within the European Monetary System. Spain's regional ECU series, issued through the early 1990s, was a political gesture as much as a numismatic one, each coin honoring an autonomous community during a period when regional identity politics were running particularly hot in Madrid. Aragón, historically the seat of a medieval Crown that at its peak controlled territories from the Iberian Peninsula to Sicily, was a natural inclusion.
These pieces were sold directly to collectors and saw no circulation whatsoever.