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0 Euro - Billet Royal - breizh
| Issuer | Billet Royal - Fonderie Saint Luc |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a cartographic outline of Brittany overlaid on the Breton flag (Gwenn-ha-du) underprint, flanked by departmental numbers and city names. A kouign-amann pastry and a bottle of cider appear as regional vignettes, with the triskelion symbol as a decorative motif. Inscriptions identify the four Breton departments with their INSEE codes. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a panoramic composite of world landmarks — the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Pyramids of Giza, and Sydney Harbour Bridge — arranged as a guilloche-framed vignette. A portrait of Albert Einstein appears to the right. Denomination numerals and inscription are set against a decorative underprint. |
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Fonderie Saint Luc is a Belgian specialty printer that has carved out a niche producing souvenir zero-euro notes — legal novelties that carry the visual grammar of euro banknotes without any redemption value or Eurosystem authorization. This example is a regional piece themed around Breizh, the Breton name for Brittany, issued as a collectible rather than a circulating instrument. The watermark is present not as anti-counterfeiting infrastructure in any meaningful sense, but to satisfy the visual expectations of the format and lend the piece a semblance of official paper.
No central bank involvement whatsoever. The "Billet Royal" branding is proprietary to the issuer.