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0 Euro - Castelul Karolyi - Carei
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Reverse description | Lavender guilloche underprint with a composite vignette of six iconic European monuments: the Brandenburg Gate, Torre de Belém, the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, the Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A portrait watermark of a historical figure is visible at right; a vertical security thread runs through the centre; '0€' appears at upper left. |
| 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 are an officially licensed collector product authorized by the European Central Bank, allowing cultural and tourist sites across the eurozone — and, in some cases, EU-adjacent countries — to issue commemorative zero-denomination pieces that mimic genuine euro banknote aesthetics without holding any monetary value. Oberthur Fiduciaire's involvement lends these otherwise ephemeral items genuine security printing credentials: the paper, thread, and production standards are broadly consistent with commercial banknote manufacture.
Károlyi Castle in Carei, northwestern Romania, was the ancestral seat of the Hungarian Károlyi noble family for several centuries. The building as it now stands reflects extensive 19th-century Neo-Gothic remodeling of an earlier structure.