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0 Euro Cathédrale de Strasbourg
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir / Oberthur Fiduciaire |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The Gothic western facade of Strasbourg Cathedral is rendered as a large intaglio-style vignette occupying the right half of the note, printed in deep rose-purple tones over a guilloche underprint. A large numeral '0' in ornate letterpress appears at centre-left, flanked by the EU flag vignette in the upper-left corner and the 'EURO SOUVENIR' inscription at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note — the Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — printed over a fine guilloche underprint. A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at the right. The legend 'IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE' is inscribed at lower centre. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir program was launched in 2015 by Euro Souvenir under license from the European Central Bank, with Oberthur Fiduciaire producing the notes to full legal-tender technical specifications — same paper, same security features — despite carrying no monetary value. The Strasbourg cathedral issue was among the earliest in the series, capitalizing on the city's position as a seat of European institutions to generate strong tourist demand from visiting EU officials and parliamentary staff.
Construction of the cathedral began in 1015 and the spire wasn't completed until 1439 — the tallest structure in the world for 227 years.