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0 Euro - Caravaggio
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir (SEDF) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Reverse description | Lavender and rose underprint with a composite vignette of six iconic European landmarks: the Brandenburg Gate, Torre de Belém, the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, the Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis. A vertical security thread runs through the centre; a watermark portrait is visible at right. The "0€" denomination and "EURO SOUVENIR" logotype appear at lower right. |
| 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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Euro Souvenir notes — issued under the SEDF framework and carrying legal-tender-adjacent phrasing without actually being legal tender — occupy a curious grey zone in modern notaphily. They are purpose-made collectibles, printed to the same exacting standards as circulating currency by Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major security printers behind genuine euro production. The 0 denomination is the tell: no central bank has authorized these for payment, but the security thread and watermark are entirely real.
Caravaggio died in Porto Ercole in 1610, his reputation already complicated by a homicide conviction and years as a fugitive from a Maltese warrant.