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0 Euro - Cartoon Classics - Steamboat Willie
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Reverse description | Six iconic European architectural monuments are arranged in vignette form across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Tower of Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa occupies the right portion of the design. The printer's imprint and country of manufacture appear along the lower margin. |
| 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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Steamboat Willie entered the public domain on 1 January 2024, the moment Mickey Mouse's earliest screen incarnation — the 1928 short that established synchronized sound as a commercial necessity in animation — became freely usable. This note's 2025 date means it was issued only after that legal threshold cleared, which is precisely why it exists at all.
Oberthur's 0 Euro souvenir program has produced hundreds of these collector pieces since 2015, each fully compliant with ECB regulations prohibiting confusion with genuine currency — hence the zero denomination.