Europa (currency)
Not to be confused with Europa coin programme.
A one-Europa coin
The europa was a token coinage created in 1928 by Joseph Archer, a politician and industrialist from the Nièvre region of France. The currency was promoted by Philibert Besson, the Elected Deputy for the Haute-Loire who, along with Archer, is considered an important figure in the early European federalist movement. The coins were minted in the name of a "Federated States of Europe" (États Fédérés d'Europe). The currency never circulated except unofficially between federalists of the Nièvre region. Two denominations were produced, both depicting Louis Pasteur: one worth 1 europa and one worth 1/10 of a europa.
Further reading
- Calligaro, Oriane (2013). Negotiating Europe: EU promotion of Europeanness since the 1950s. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137369901.
- Dousset, Jean-Luc (2013). Philibert Besson: le fou qui avait raison. Le Puy-en-Velay: Editions Jeanne d'Arc. ISBN 9782362620300.
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