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0 Euro Bioparc
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir / Bioparc |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a group of giraffes alongside a macaw in flight and a monkey perched on a branch, over a multicolour underprint. A circular commemorative stamp at right marks the Bioparc's 60th anniversary (1961–2021). The large guilloché zero denomination numeral appears at left, flanked by the EU flag and a ring of twelve stars. |
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| Signature(s) | R. Faille, C.E.O. |
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The 0 euro souvenir note program, launched commercially around 2015 by EuroSouvenir in partnership with Oberthur Fiduciaire, occupies a peculiar legal niche: these notes are printed to genuine banknote specifications and are technically legal tender at face value, yet no one would ever spend one. Bioparc — the Valencia zoo concept built around immersive African habitat design — joined the program as one of hundreds of European tourist attractions that commissioned their own issues.
Oberthur's involvement matters: the same Chantepie facility producing these novelty items has printed circulating currency for dozens of sovereign states. The R. Faille signature is a consistent fixture across the souvenir series, a housekeeping detail that gives the notes a veneer of institutional authority they don't technically require.