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0 Euro - Cathédrale de Quimper
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | CATHEDRALE DE QUIMPER EUROSOUVENIR 2016-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R.FAILLE C.E.O. UEAC |
| Reverse description | Standard Euro Souvenir reverse with six vignettes of iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Sagrada Família, and the Manneken Pis. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is placed at right. The imprint of Oberthur Fiduciaire appears at lower centre. |
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The Euro Souvenir program launched in 2015 as a licensed novelty scheme — notes are printed to legal European Central Bank specifications by authorized security printers, Oberthur among them, but carry zero face value and no legal tender status anywhere. The cathedral at Quimper, seat of the diocese of Cornouaille, gave this particular issue its regional identity in a program that by 2016 was already producing hundreds of location-specific variants across France and beyond.
Oberthur's involvement lends these pieces genuine security printing credentials — the paper, inks, and production standards match circulating currency. Collectors should note that print runs for individual souvenir subjects vary considerably and are rarely disclosed publicly.