Replace 'Gibraltar ECU' with 'European Currency Unit'.

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This message aims at: requesting the creation or the modification of a currency or denomination in the catalogue

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BCNumismatics
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Posted: 22 Feb 2024, 11:13 #
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Please replace ‘Gibraltar ECU’ with ‘European Currency Unit’, as that is what E.C.U. was supposed to stand for, until it was decided to replace the E.C.U. with the Euro.

 

Aidan.

inc7007 Catalogue referee
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Posted: 22 Feb 2024, 14:08 #
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The European Currency Unit was an electronic unit of account and not a full currency.

The Gibraltar ECU was named that way to differentiate it, as it is a separate currency.

 

While not explicitly named (at least not as clearly as I would like) the name we use seems the best option.

 

Created by the ‘Gibraltar Coinage (ECU) Act, 1990’ [LINK]

 

The two options appear to be…

[1] 3. Issue of Gibraltar ECU coinage

[2] diameter and weight of Gibraltar commemorative ECU coins.

-Dan
Oklahoman Numista team
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Posted: 22 Feb 2024, 23:45 #
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It should remain the Gibraltar ECU unit.  Please keep it as it is.

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