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0 Euro - Amália Rodrigues
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Purple and cream note with a large intaglio zero denomination numeral at centre-left, flanked by a vignette of Amália Rodrigues performing at a microphone in traditional costume, with her facsimile autograph across the lower centre. The EU flag logo and series code appear at upper left, with guilloche underprint throughout. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with six European architectural landmarks arranged across the centre: Brandenburg Gate, Torre de Belém, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis. The Mona Lisa vignette appears at right, with the denomination and EURO SOUVENIR inscription at lower right. |
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EuroSouvenir notes are legal tender in the strict technical sense — they carry a nominal value of zero euros, meaning they satisfy any debt of exactly nothing, which is precisely the point. The series exists as a licensed souvenir product, printed to full ECB-specification security standards by Oberthur Fiduciaire, the same facility responsible for genuine euro banknotes for several member states.
Amália Rodrigues, the subject here, died in 1999 and was granted a rare state funeral by the Portuguese government — the only time that honor was extended to a performer rather than a head of state or military figure. Her ashes were transferred to the National Pantheon in Lisbon in 2001.