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0 Euro Bundeshauptstadt Berlin
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Berlin Bear set against a city map underprint, with the Brandenburg Gate, a victory column, and the Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) incorporated into the design. The denomination '0 EURO' appears in large numerals with EuroSouvenir guilloche work framing the composition. Series identifier '2019-1' and CEO signature of R. Faille are printed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural vignettes arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Torre de Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa is positioned at the right. The printer's imprint 'IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE' appears in the lower margin. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program was launched in France in 2016 by Richard Faille's company, which licensed the European Central Bank's security specifications — including the Oberthur-printed substrate — to produce legally valid collector pieces with a face value of nothing. The ECB formally tolerated the scheme on the condition that no denomination above zero appear, neatly sidestepping counterfeiting law while creating a category of currency-adjacent paper that neither circulates nor inflates.
Oberthur's involvement is the real story here: the same printer responsible for genuine euro banknotes for multiple member states produced these souvenirs on equivalent security paper, with UV features and microprinting intact.