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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2678961, member: 12789&quot;]&quot;International Currency Bureau&quot; was a creation of Richard Lobel, the coins were&nbsp; marketed through &quot;Coincraft&quot; - his company.&nbsp; Coins created by ICB were prominently featured in Coincraft sales literature and catalogues.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you note, some countries like France, Belgium and even Ireland issued Ecu denominated coins because up until ca. late 1998 or early 1999 Ecu was forcasted to be the name of the new currency.&nbsp; When the currency was officially named Euro, then several countries quickly got on the bandwagon and started cranking out Euro denominated coins in anticipation of releasing them in 2002, so you have several places with 1999 dated Euro coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what the monetary status of the Irish issues from 1990 are?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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