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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows SNCF railcar X2844 at Buisson station (Dordogne), rendered in duotone rose-purple tones against a guilloche underprint. The large numeral "0" appears to the left, flanked by the EU star circle and EuroSouvenir logo; a holographic security element is visible at upper right. Title inscription and series code "2017-2" run along the upper margin. |
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| Protection type | Hologram |
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The X2800 railcar, introduced by SNCF in the late 1950s, was a French-built diesel autorail that served rural secondary lines for decades before progressive withdrawal. This souvenir zero-denomination piece belongs to the EuroSouvenir program, which launched around 2013 and uses legal euro banknote dimensions and Oberthur Fiduciaire production to lend each issue genuine technical credibility — the same printer handles actual circulating currency for multiple central banks.
Oberthur's inclusion of a hologram places this above purely decorative print runs. Not collectible for scarcity — production was open-order — but the print quality and security feature integration make it a reasonable reference piece for the series.