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0 Euro - Arco da Rua Augusta
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Arco da Rua Augusta in Lisbon, rendered in intaglio-style engraving in purple-brown tones against a yellow guilloche underprint. The EU flag appears at upper left alongside the series date 2022-1, with a large numeral '0' to the left and scattered gold stars across the field. The EURO SOUVENIR logotype and a facsimile signature of R. Faille (C.E.O.) appear at lower centre and right respectively, with serial number prefix MEDA at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Standard Eurosouvenirs reverse with six architectural vignettes representing European monuments: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém, Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right, with the EURO SOUVENIR logotype at lower centre and '0€' denomination at upper left. |
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Oberthur Fiduciaire produces these souvenir euros under license from the ECB, which granted formal approval for the Eurosouvenirs program in 2017 — a pragmatic concession to the tourist trade that had spent years selling unlicensed fantasy notes anyway. The notes are legal in the sense that they are officially sanctioned, but carry no face value and are not legal tender in any jurisdiction.
Lisbon's Arco da Rua Augusta is a popular anchor for this series. Whether it qualifies as a collectible in any serious numismatic sense is a question the market keeps answering differently.