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0 Euro - Balcone di Romeo e Giulietta
| Issuer | European Souvenir Banknote Program (SEBP) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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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 shows the Gothic arched balcony of the Casa di Giulietta in Verona, with a couple embracing on the balcony; to the right, an intaglio-style medallion vignette of Romeo and Juliet in embrace, inscribed with a ribbon scroll reading ROMEO . JULIET. The EU flag appears at upper left, with a large guilloché zero denomination numeral at centre-left against a violet and cream underprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The European Souvenir Banknote Program produces these zero-denomination pieces expressly for the tourist market — they carry no legal tender status anywhere, function purely as collectibles, and are sold at the site they commemorate. This example was issued for the Casa di Giulietta in Verona, the medieval courtyard that owes its fame to a 1936 decision by the city administration to officially designate it as Juliet's house, despite no historical connection to Shakespeare or any actual Capulet family. The romantic mythology was municipal invention, and the souvenir trade followed accordingly.
Oberthur Fiduciaire prints the series using genuine security paper and intaglio, which gives these pieces an unexpectedly tactile quality for something with no monetary function whatsoever.