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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 11434, member: 39&quot;]Yes, the French Mint never issued ECU-only coins. Would not have made much sense anyway - even though some governments and quite a few non-gov. institutions in Europe issued ECU &quot;coins&quot;, they have never been in use as &quot;real&quot; cash anywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess this is a medal; I don&#039;t know what the III actually means but I doubt it indicates a face value. (Note that the dual franc/ecu coins use the plural ECUS, not ECU.) The date - 1979 - simply refers to the year when the European Currency System, with the ECU as its currency unit, was established.</p><p><br /></p><p>(edit) I just had a closer look at the piece depicted, or rather the enlarged picture at the CGB website. The countries shown are apparently Belgium (top), Germany, Denmark, Ireland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. What you have was most probably made at the Monnaie de Paris but is not actually a coin ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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