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0 Euro Bataille de Gergovie
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BATAILLE DE GERGOVIE - 52 AV J.C EUROSOUVENIR 2021-1 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEUM ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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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 Bataille de Gergovie souvenir note commemorates the 52 BC engagement in which Vercingetorix repelled Caesar's legions — one of the few Roman defeats during the Gallic Wars, and a battle whose exact site remained disputed by archaeologists well into the twentieth century, with the plateau near Clermont-Ferrand only achieving broad scholarly consensus relatively recently.
Oberthur Fiduciaire produced the note under the EuroSouvenir program, which issues legal-face-value zero-denomination pieces sold as collector items at tourist sites across Europe. The face value is technically zero euros, valid nowhere as tender, but printed to genuine banknote security standards — a quirk that gives these notes a production pedigree far exceeding their monetary function.