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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette portrays the medieval walled city of Ávila, with its towers and ramparts rendered in a purple intaglio-style engraving. A large zero denomination numeral occupies the left-centre, flanked by the EU flag and date code "2021-1". The title "ÁVILA CIUDAD AMURALLADA" runs along the top, with guilloche underprint and serial number at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Six European landmark vignettes — Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis — are arranged across the centre against a guilloche underprint. A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at the right. The inscription "PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE / MADE IN FRANCE" is printed at the lower centre. |
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Ávila's medieval walls — among the best-preserved in Europe, dating to the late eleventh century — provided the subject for this 2021 EuroSouvenir zero-denomination note. The series, launched in France around 2015 and later expanded across European tourist sites, was always intended as a collector keepsake rather than a circulating instrument, sold directly to visitors at cultural sites for a nominal fee covering production costs.
Oberthur Fiduciaire's involvement lends genuine security printing credentials to what is essentially a souvenir — the firm has printed currency for dozens of central banks.