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| Issuer | Musée National de la Marine de Brest |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a historic military sailing vessel under full sail, set against the fortified ramparts of Brest castle. The Eurosouvenirs programme logo and denomination "0 EURO" appear alongside the year 2019 and issuer inscription MUSEE NATIONAL DE LA MARINE DE BREST. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The Musée National de la Marine's Brest branch occupies the old Arsenal building — one of the few structures in the city to survive the near-total Allied bombing of 1944. The zero-euro souvenir note program, launched under European licence around 2015, gave regional museums a low-cost retail product with genuine security printing credentials. Oberthur's involvement ensures the notes carry proper intaglio and UV features despite having no monetary function whatsoever.
Collectors should note that Brest-specific issues from smaller museum branches tend to have tighter print runs than Paris flagship titles in the same series.