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0 Euro Argentina - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of an Argentine footballer executing a bicycle kick against a guilloche underprint in violet and yellow tones, with the word ARGENTINA in large vertical letters at centre. The EU flag and the large numeral '0' appear at left, with five gold stars and 'Piramide de Mayo' inscription at lower right. Serial number prefix XEQA and a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O., appear at bottom right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The 0 Euro souvenir program was formalized by the European Central Bank in 2015, which granted limited authorization for novelty notes denominated at zero to be produced for the collector market — legally exempt from counterfeiting statutes precisely because no monetary value is claimed. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the ECB's licensed security printers, manufactures these under strict specifications: genuine security paper, intaglio printing, and embedded features that mirror circulating euro notes in tactile quality if not in purpose.
Theming a French-printed souvenir around an Argentine World Cup victory — the tournament was held in Qatar — is a minor commercial curiosity with no deeper meaning. It sold.