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0 Euro - Chamonix - La Mer de Glace
| Issuer | Billets de collection / Souvenir banknote issuer (UEAH) |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | LA MER DE GLACE SOUVENIR EURO 2015-1 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEAH |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir note was introduced by the Union Européenne des Associations Historiques (UEAH) in 2015 as a collector-oriented product sold at tourist sites across France. They carry genuine euro security features — including a holographic strip and UV-reactive ink — printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire under the same technical standards applied to circulating currency, which is precisely why the Banque de France permitted their production. A denomination of zero makes them legal to produce without constituting currency.
La Mer de Glace, the glacier above Chamonix, has retreated over 2.5 km since the 19th century — a fact that gives this particular issue a quietly documentary quality the format never intended.