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0 Euro - Buon Natale / Merry Christmas
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BUON NATALE - MERRY CHRISTMAS EUROSOUVENIR 2022-3 0 EURO SOUV ENIR BUON NATALE Merry Christmas JOYEUX NOELM R. FAILLE C.E.O. SECW ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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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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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a peculiar niche: legal-design souvenirs produced under license from the European Central Bank, conforming to official euro banknote aesthetics but denominated at zero and explicitly non-monetary. Oberthur Fiduciaire — one of the few security printers with genuine euro production credentials — lends these pieces a technical legitimacy that most souvenir currency lacks. The substrate, intaglio elements, and serial numbering conventions are borrowed directly from live production workflows.
The Christmas edition follows a recurring seasonal release pattern that Oberthur and EuroSouvenir have maintained across multiple years, each with a fresh thematic vignette. Collector demand is driven almost entirely by the holiday series, which moves faster at point-of-sale than most geographic or institutional themed issues.