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2 ECU - Paneuropean Union Charles V
| Issuer | Paneuropean Union |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Diameter | 26 mm |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, facing slightly right, wearing a plumed hat and elaborately embroidered armor with a decorated collar. The portrait is rendered in high relief with fine detail in the costume. The legend 'CAROLUS QUINTUS' arcs along the upper periphery, while the birth and death years '1500 - 1558' appear in the lower exergue, flanked by decorative dot ornaments on either side. |
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| Mintage | 1972 - Prooflike - 10,000 |
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The Paneuropean Union, founded by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi in 1923, was among the earliest organized movements advocating for a unified European federation. These ECU pieces issued in 1972 were private fantasy strikes — not legal tender in any jurisdiction — produced to promote the federalist cause at a moment when the original EEC six were finalizing the accession of Britain, Ireland, and Denmark.
The choice of Charles V as subject was deliberate: he was the last ruler to govern a territorial empire spanning the majority of western Europe under a single crown.