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0 Euro - Castelul Bran
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Reddish-brown toned note with a large zero denomination numeral at left center, the EU flag with twelve stars at upper left, and Bran Castle rendered as a vignette in the background beneath a full moon with bats. A portrait of Count Dracula/Vlad Dracul occupies the right half, set against a fine guilloche underprint. The "EURO SOUVENIR" logotype and series code "2019-1" appear at lower center and upper left respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | BRAN - CASTELUL BRAN EUROSOUVENIR 2019-1 0 COUNT DRACULA / VLAD DRACUL 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. ROAA |
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Euro Souvenir notes are issued under a licensing arrangement that permits officially sanctioned commemorative banknotes denominated at zero euros — a loophole in EU regulations that classifies them as collector items rather than currency, making their production legal without central bank authorization. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few security printers with the credentialing to produce notes indistinguishable from circulating tender, handles the physical manufacturing, which is why these carry a genuine security thread despite having no monetary function.
Bran Castle's association with Dracula is almost entirely a tourism construction — Bram Stoker never visited Romania.