0 Euro - 2022 Winter Short Track Speed Skating

The 0 Euro souvenir program was launched by the European Central Bank's framework for collector notes — Oberthur Fiduciaire handles the majority of the series, pressing each sheet through the same security infrastructure used for genuine euro production, including holographic strips identical in placement to circulating denominations. The practical effect is that these notes pass casual inspection as legal tender despite carrying a face value that legally precludes any such use.

The four-year gap between the 2018 print date and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games theme is unremarkable for the series — licensing and production cycles routinely precede events by that margin.