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0 Euro - 2e division blindée du Général Leclerc
| Issuer | European Central Bank (ECB) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Sherman tank with civilian figures atop, rendered in colour against a guilloche underprint in mauve tones. A circular medallion at lower centre bears a map of France with the Lorraine cross, inscribed '75ème anniversaire de la Libération 1944-2019'. The EU flag and large intaglio-style zero appear at left, with the EUROSOUVENIRE logotype in the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural vignettes arranged across the note, including the Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis, rendered in a pale multicolour underprint. A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at right. The denomination '0€' is printed at upper left. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program, sanctioned by the ECB beginning around 2015, permits licensed private operators to issue legally denominated but non-spendable collector pieces printed to official euro security specifications. This example commemorates the 2e Division Blindée, the French armored division that famously entered Paris in August 1944 under General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque — the only Free French formation given that honor by Eisenhower's direct order.
Oberthur Fiduciaire, the Rennes-based security printer with roots going back to the 19th century, produces the bulk of this souvenir series. The notes carry genuine intaglio printing and security threads, making them technically more sophisticated than many actual circulating issues from smaller nations.