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0 Euro - Boyardville Île D'Oléron
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks rendered in miniature vignettes across the centre, including the Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis. A portrait of the Mona Lisa is positioned to the right. Guilloche underprint in blue and yellow tones frames the composition. |
| Reverse lettering | € TORREDEBELEM DASBRANENBUGERTOR COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Euro Souvenir notes occupy a strange position in modern notaphily — they are genuine banknote-format items produced on certified security paper by licensed currency printers, yet they carry no monetary value and are sold directly to tourists as collectibles. Oberthur Fiduciaire, which prints actual euro notes for the Banque de France, applies the same substrate and printing standards here. The formal production chain is real; only the denomination is fictional.
Boyardville is the main village on the Île d'Oléron's southern tip, best known as the departure point for visiting Fort Boyard — the nineteenth-century sea fortress that became internationally familiar through the French game show of the same name launched in 1990.