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0 Euro - 50 Jahre Mundl
| Issuer | Austria |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Size | 134 × 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette with a double portrait of two male actors from the Austrian television series, set against a light guilloche underprint with a ring of gold stars; a large numeral '0' in intaglio-style appears to the left, flanked by the EU flag vignette and series code '2024-3' in the upper left corner. A holographic foil element is visible in the upper right corner, with the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo in the lower left. The motto 'Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter' and 'seit 1975' are printed in bold red lettering across the lower centre, with the serial number prefix 'NEBM' and a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O., in the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Standard Euro Souvenir reverse layout on a violet-purple guilloche underprint, with a composite vignette of iconic European landmarks: the Torre de Belém (Lisbon), the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Colosseum (Rome), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis statue (Brussels). A vertical column of green security-style rectangles runs centrally, and a faint portrait watermark appears at the right margin. The 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo is positioned in the lower right corner. |
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The Austrian sitcom *Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter* ran from 1975 to 1979 on ORF, and its protagonist Edmund "Mundl" Sackbauer — a gruff, politically incorrect Viennese working-class anti-hero played by Karl Merkatz — became one of the most recognizable figures in Austrian television history. This commemorative zero-euro note marks fifty years since the character's debut. Printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire in France, it belongs to the souvenir collector series that has flooded the European market since around 2015, produced to euro banknote specifications but carrying no monetary value and no Eurosystem authorization.
Oberthur supplies the bulk of these tourist-market pieces; the inclusion of a security thread and hologram is a production standard for the series rather than an anti-counterfeiting necessity.