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0 Euro - Cantanhede
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs (MECP - Musée Européen de la Carte à Puce) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a view of the Palácio da Casa Marialva with a statue of the Marquis of Marialva in the foreground. The denomination '0 EURO' appears at left, with 'CANTANHEDE PAÇOS DE CONCELHO' and 'EUROSOUVENIRS' inscriptions. Series identifier '2022-1' and the MECP logo are included. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate, the Tower of Belém, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Sagrada Família, and the Manneken Pis. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa portrait appears at right, with the printer's imprint at lower center. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program — administered by the MECP in Paris — has issued several hundred regional subjects since 2015, with Cantanhede joining the catalog in 2022. These notes are legal curiosities: they carry the Euro symbol and meet the physical specifications demanded by Oberthur's security printing infrastructure, but hold no monetary value and are exempt from the ECB's currency regulations precisely because of the zero denomination. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few printers authorized to produce genuine Euro banknotes, applies the same substrate and security features here as it does on circulating currency.