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0 Euro Béziers
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Panoramic vignette of Béziers at right, with the Pont Vieux arched stone bridge in the foreground and the Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire crowning the hilltop skyline. Large numeral '0' at centre-left, EU flag at upper left with series date, and EURO SOUVENIR inscription at lower centre. Serial number and facsimile signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The 0 Euro souvenir program launched in France in 2016 under the Euro Souvenir brand, with Oberthur Fiduciaire producing the notes to genuine banknote specifications — security paper, holograms, and all. Béziers was among the early municipal issues in the first wave. Legally worthless by design, the notes are exempt from counterfeiting law in most jurisdictions precisely because no nominal value is claimed, a quirk that allowed the program to use actual banknote production infrastructure without regulatory obstruction.
Oberthur's involvement gave the series its credibility with collectors skeptical of novelty items.