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20 Europ Ceros Essai Pattern Probe
| Issuer | Switzerland › Switzerland (1848-date) |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a detailed relief of a Swiss rack railway steam locomotive in three-quarter left-facing view, shown on rack rails with steam exhaust elements visible above the boiler. A figure is visible in the cab. The trilingual legend 'ESSAI - PATTERN - PROBE' curves along the upper periphery of the field, denoting the piece's trial status in French, English, and German respectively. The date '2003' appears in the lower exergue below the locomotive. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Switzerland never joined the eurozone and has no plans to, but in the late 1990s and early 2000s the European Commission quietly encouraged non-member states to submit pattern strikes for the proposed common coinage — partly to test cross-border vending machine compatibility. This brass essai is one of those submissions, produced for technical evaluation rather than any realistic prospect of adoption. The Swiss franc remained untouched.