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0 Euro - Arènes d'Arles
| Issuer | Billetissimo / EuroBillet (Souvenir banknote issuer) |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European landmarks are arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Big Ben (London), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right, with the denomination "0 EURO" in guilloche panels and the printer's imprint below. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir note format was pioneered in France around 2015–2016, with Oberthur Fiduciaire producing the bulk of early issues for private distributors including Billetissimo and EuroBillet. The Arènes d'Arles — a Roman amphitheatre built around 90 AD and still used for bullfighting — was among the first wave of tourist-site subjects. Oberthur applied genuine euro-series security features to these notes, including the correct paper substrate and UV-reactive elements, which has occasionally caused confusion at border checks despite the unambiguous zero denomination.