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0 Euro - Altes Land
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a vignette of the Hogendiek pedestrian bridge, constructed in 1975, spanning the Lühe river between Steinkirchen and Mittelkirchen in the Altes Land region. The design incorporates the regional name and year of issue within the surrounding inscriptions, rendered in a style consistent with the Euro Souvenir series. A guilloche underprint frames the central vignette in accordance with standard Euro Souvenir note layout. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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The Altes Land — a low-lying fruit-growing region west of Hamburg, still partly protected by medieval dike systems — issued this commemorative 0 Euro souvenir in 2022 through the European Central Bank's sanctioned collector program, which has allowed regional and cultural issuers across the eurozone to produce legal-tender-denominated novelties since 2015. They carry nominal face value but were never intended for circulation and are sold at a premium covering production and licensing costs.
Oberthur Fiduciaire prints the entire souvenir 0 Euro series under a standardized contract, incorporating a genuine watermark to satisfy the ECB's requirement that the notes meet minimum security specifications despite their purely commemorative function.