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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 777701, member: 39&quot;]Yes and no. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The ECU was on one hand very real; unlike the amero it had an official currency code, and was actually used, as the name suggests, as a currency unit in EU internal and partly international trade. Right, there were no &quot;ECU&quot; coins like the euro coins we have now. However, Belgium for example did issue a few ECU coins, between 1987 and 1997, and those were legal tender. Sure, nobody really used them, but they were at least redeemable.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this does not apply to this Italian &quot;coin&quot; - that is a medal indeed. It was apparently made at the Italian Mint (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato - IPZS), so maybe collectors of medals and euro precursors are willing to pay a little more for this than for some medal issued by some private company. With the emphasis on &quot;maybe&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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