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0 Euro - Baie de Somme
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) associated with the Baie de Somme nature reserve, with the inscription LA BAIE DE SOMME PHOQUE GRIS above. The denomination 0 EURO appears in guilloche underprint, with the EUROSOUVENIR legend and date 2017-1 incorporated into the design. |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Big Ben (London), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears to the right, with 0 EURO denomination lettering and the printer's imprint below. |
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EuroSouvenir's zero-euro souvenir note program, launched in France around 2015, exploits genuine legal tender banknote printing infrastructure to produce collectible items with no monetary obligation — clever, given that most countries prohibit reproducing currency imagery even for commemorative purposes. The Baie de Somme issue was printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of Europe's major security printers, meaning the paper, serial numbering, and UV-reactive inks meet the same technical specifications as circulating French institutional issues. The denomination of zero makes them legally unambiguous while preserving the physical language of real currency.
Oberthur's Chantepie facility near Rennes handled production for much of the early EuroSouvenir catalog.