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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir / CAAB (Canadian Association of Attraction Businesses) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | CANADA - BANFF NATIONAL PARK EUROSOUVENIR 2019-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. CAAB |
| Reverse description | Six European architectural monuments arranged as vignettes: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Belém Tower, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken-Pis. A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at right. The printer's inscription and country of manufacture are noted at the base. |
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The EuroSouvenir program — launched by the European Central Bank's tacit tolerance rather than any formal endorsement — extended to Canadian tourism operators around 2018–2019, an unusual case of a euro-denominated collectible issued for a country that neither uses the euro nor belongs to the eurozone. CAAB's involvement positioned Banff as one of a small number of non-European sites to enter the series. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major security printers behind genuine euro production, brings authentic substrate and intaglio work to what is legally a zero-value novelty.
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