10 Cents Training Token

10 Cents (Training Token) - obverse10 Cents (Training Token) - reverse

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Features

Location France
Type Coin patterns › Mint token
Value 10 Euro Cents (0.10)
Composition Nordic gold
Weight 4.15 g
Diameter 19.75 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
127326

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TRAINING
TOKEN

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: 10

Edge

Indented

10 Cents (Training Token) -  obverse

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Mint

Mintmark of Monnaie de Paris Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

A total of 37,000 Training Tokens were produced prior to the production of the euros, to be tested by the visually impaired. This was a kind of prototype for training the visually impaired. The training tokens were minted between November 18, 1998 (date of technical modification of the 10 cents and 50 cents) and May 8, 2001 (date of distribution of these coins). These coins were distributed by the state and lent out for a few months, before being recovered and destroyed. The fact that so many coins were recovered by the state is due to the fact that they were supplied with a letter of release to be signed, committing the organizations to return them.

They are very slightly different from today's euros (diameter, weight, etc.) so that these coins are not used as payment coins in vending machines, but the main characteristics are very similar (bimetallic, edge, inscriptions, etc.).

All the Training Tokens distributed in Europe were minted in Pessac, where the different mint marks can be seen on the reverse of each coin.Automatically translated

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