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| Issuer | Fondation Œuvre Notre-Dame |
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| Year | 2020-2022 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-style vignette of the south façade of Strasbourg Cathedral occupying the right two-thirds of the note, rendered in purple and amber tones against a guilloche underprint. At centre-left, a large zero numeral is flanked by the circular seal of the Fondation Œuvre Notre-Dame. The EU flag and date appear at upper left, with the EUROSOUV / ENIR legend repeated in the vertical margin. |
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| 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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The Fondation Œuvre Notre-Dame is not a bank but a conservation body, founded in 1224 and one of the oldest building preservation institutions in Europe — it funds ongoing restoration of the Strasbourg cathedral and has used souvenir zero-euro notes as a revenue stream since the format became commercially viable. Oberthur printed these with full security features: genuine intaglio, UV-reactive elements, and a metallic strip, making them technically indistinguishable from circulating denominations in terms of substrate and print process.
The 2020–2022 window almost certainly reflects production tied to the cathedral's pandemic-disrupted visitor seasons, when souvenir revenue collapsed and then partially recovered.