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0 Euro - 15 years of Independence
| Issuer | Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kosovo to Finland |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 0 Euro |
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| Obverse lettering | KOSOVO - 15 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE - XVII.II.MMXXIII EURO SOUVENIR 2022-1 0 VJOSA OSMANI President of Kosovo Library of Pristina KOSOVON KUNNIAKONSULAATTI KONSULLATA E NDERIT E REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS Honorary Consulate to Finland Bridge of Prizren Support to the Kosovo-Finland Student Exchange EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. KOAA ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Six European architectural vignettes arranged across the face: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Belém Tower, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels's Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears to the right, with the denomination '0€' in the upper left. |
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Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008, making this 2022 souvenir issue a commemoration of the 15th anniversary. The zero-euro souvenir note format — pioneered in France around 2015 and now widely exploited by tourist sites, cultural institutions, and diplomatic offices — has no legal tender status anywhere, but is printed on genuine banknote paper by licensed security printers, Oberthur among the most active in the market.
The issuing authority here is unusual: a Honorary Consulate, not a central bank or national treasury. Kosovo uses the euro unilaterally, without ECB membership, so the diplomatic irony of a Kosovan consular office in Helsinki issuing a euro-denominated souvenir through a French security printer is at least pointed.