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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORREDEBELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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| Protection description | © Polette (CC BY-NC-SA) |
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| Comments |
EuroSouvenir's zero-denomination collector notes occupy a peculiar commercial niche: legal in format, worthless by design, and technically compliant with European Central Bank guidelines that prohibit private reproduction of genuine euro banknotes. Oberthur Fiduciaire — a serious security printer with genuine currency contracts across Africa and Europe — produces these alongside its real-money work, which gives the physical object more credibility than its face value deserves.
Beynac-et-Cazenac, in the Dordogne valley, was classified among France's *Plus Beaux Villages* — a commercially useful distinction that drives exactly the kind of tourist foot traffic these notes are sold to.