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0 Euro - Castel Sant'Angelo
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Castel Sant'Angelo (Mausoleo di Adriano) in Rome rendered in polychrome intaglio-style print against a pink and yellow guilloche underprint. The EU flag appears at upper left alongside the large zero denomination numeral, with the EUROSOUVENIR logo at lower centre and a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Vertical embedded security thread running through the centre of the note; watermark portrait visible at right on reverse. |
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| Comments |
EuroSouvenir notes occupy a peculiar commercial niche — legal tender for exactly nothing, yet printed to full banknote security specifications by Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the contractors that produces actual Euro-series notes. The security thread and watermark here are not decorative gestures; they meet the same production standards applied to circulating currency, which is partly what justifies the retail premium these sell for at tourist sites.
Castel Sant'Angelo has appeared on Italian currency before — the 50 Lire and various earlier issues — so its reappearance here carries a certain numismatic continuity, even on a note that will never see a cash register.