Cherry pickers dream? 0

[Zebo]

wonder if any escaped!
 

France melts down millions of coins because EU says its stars don’t look right

Oops! Paris mint has to start all over again after design falls foul of European Commission’s very strict requirements.

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-euro-coins-destroyed-brussels-veto-on-new-design/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=France melts down millions of coins because EU says its stars don't look right

[Fenntucky Mike]

On 1/19/2024 at 4:29 PM, Zebo said:

wonder if any escaped!

I suspect at least few did as samples to the bosses and dignitaries, maybe more if some made it out by other means. The coins were in production for weeks so plenty of opportunity for a few to make it out of the mint while they were backslapping and high fiving over the new coins. I wonder if the coins made it as far as being sent to banks for distribution in anticipation of receiving an ok from the EU?

Edited January 22 by Fenntucky Mike
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[VKurtB]

I believe that the “normal” French euro coins are struck in Pessac, near Bordeaux, not Paris. The Paris mint makes their commemorative and bullion offerings.