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0 Euro - Bordeaux - Cité du vin
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs |
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| Year | 2018 |
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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 of La Cité du Vin, the wine-themed cultural centre in the Bacalan district of Bordeaux, rendered in full colour against a stylised background. The denomination '0 EURO' appears at lower centre, with the Eurosouvenirs logo and year '2018' integrated into the design. Serial number and security code are printed at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | LA CITÉ DU VIN BORDEAUX EUROSOUVENIR 2018-2 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R FAILLE C.E.O UEGQ |
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The zero euro souvenir note program was launched in 2015 by Richard Faille, a French entrepreneur who licensed the European Central Bank's permission to use euro-style design conventions on a denomination with no face value and therefore no legal tender status. Oberthur Fiduciaire — one of the few security printers in the world capable of replicating genuine banknote production standards — prints these on proper cotton-fiber stock with UV-reactive inks and a registered serial number, which is precisely why collectors treat them as legitimate philatelic objects rather than novelty items.
Bordeaux's Cité du Vin, opened in 2016, made for an early and logical subject in the series.