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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019-2020 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined intaglio-style profiles of Queen Mathilde and King Philippe face left at centre-right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in lavender and yellow tones. A large outlined numeral "0" occupies the left field, flanked by the EU flag vignette at upper left and a holographic foil patch at upper right. A ribbon cartouche bearing the dates "1999" and "2019" with the Belgian royal coat of arms appears at the base of the portraits. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural monuments are arranged across the note in vignette form, including the Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa portrait is positioned at the right. The "EURO SOUVENIR" logotype and face value "0€" appear within a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a peculiar legal niche: they are not legal tender and carry no monetary value, but are printed to official euro banknote specifications by licensed security printers under arrangements with the European Central Bank. Oberthur's involvement lends these novelty items the same production credentials as genuine circulating currency — the hologram foil strip here is identical in application method to that used on standard issues.
The wedding anniversary theme places this squarely in the commemorative gifting market that drove the EuroSouvenir program's expansion after 2016.