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0 Euro - Caen - Le Mémorial 6 juin 1944
| Issuer | Le Mémorial de Caen |
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| Year | 2015 |
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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 a Hawker Typhoon fighter aircraft in RAF livery, as displayed at the Caen Memorial museum in Normandy. The inscription "6 JUIN 1944 / BATAILLE DE NORMANDIE" appears below, with "LE MEMORIAL DE CAEN" across the top and the denomination "0 EURO" in guilloche underprint. Serial prefix JP656 BR S is printed at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | LE MEMORIAL DE CAEN SOUVENIR EURO 2015-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR JP656 BR S 6 JUIN 1944 BATAILLE DE NORMANDIE R. FAILLE C.E.O. UECS |
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The 0 euro souvenir note program was launched by the European Banknote Memory Organization in 2015 and Oberthur Fiduciaire produced the first waves under strict ECB-compliant specifications — same security paper, same format as legal tender — deliberately making them difficult to counterfeit despite carrying no monetary value whatsoever. The Mémorial de Caen was among the earliest institutional adopters, which is fitting given that the museum itself was purpose-built for the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 1988.
Oberthur's involvement ensured the notes carry genuine watermarks and security threads, a detail that surprises most collectors encountering the series for the first time.